Tomatoes

Food inflation affects household budgets

The prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses have shot through the roof in major metros. ...

Egypt: Hillary on visit, pelted with tomatoes

Alexandria: Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. A tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, and shoes and a water bottle landed near the armoured cars carrying Clinton's delegation in the port city of Alexandria after she gave a speech on democratic rights. A senior US...  

Spanish town celebrates the 'Tomatina' festival

Bunol: This Spanish town launched its internationally famous tomato food fight, the "Tomatina", with the participation of about 45,000 young people from all over the world who faced off against everyone else in the narrow streets with 120 tonnes of the ripe red vegetables for ammunition. The run-up to the peaceful battle, held each year since 1945 on the last Wednesday of August, began on Tuesday afternoon with a continuous...  

Know your onions

1. The onion is probably one of the oldest vegetables that man consumed and has been traced back to about 5000 BC. In the land of the Pharaohs, the dead were buried along with onions as the Egyptians believed it would help bring breath back to the mummies. Onions also feature in the paintings inside pyramids. 2. In ancient Greece and Rome, gladiators would rub themselves down with onions to...  

Food inflation is a global reality

New Delhi: Topping our casualty list is this man - Ben Ali - Tuinisa's dictator of 23 years - now on the run. Food riots in the country forced by a 3.5 per cent inflation and large scale unemployment toppled his government. He's now without a job and without his pet lion - but Tunisia's revolution has gone viral - inspiring street protests and food riots in Egypt, Yemen and...  

After onions, egg prices rise

After onions and tomatoes prices of eggs are on the rise. Supply constraints push the prices up in north India. ...

Food inflation at 10-week high of 14.44 pc

New Delhi: Food inflation surged to a 10-week high of 14.44 per cent for the week ended December 18 as prices of vegetables, particularly onions, fruits, cereals and protein-based products, continued to escalate. Food inflation stood at 12.13 per cent in the previous week. This is the fifth consecutive week when the price of food items has increased. However, food inflation is still far below the level of 21.19 per...  

FB, Rotten Tomatoes make users movie critics

Los Angeles: Attention Facebook users: you can now be your own movie critic. Rotten Tomatoes, the film website known for aggregating movie reviews, is partnering with Facebook to give its readers the opportunity to recommend films to their other Facebook friends. "People have always found movies through recommendations from friends," said Carl Sjogreen, who leads Facebook Platform products. "Rotten Tomatoes is bringing this experience online and giving people the best...  

In Pics: Attack of the killer tomatoes

Spain celebrates La Tomatina - the famous food fight festival. ...  

Orange tomatoes rich in antioxidant

Lycopene an antioxidant found orange tomatoes helps reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease, says study. ...