At every step of her journey in the MasterChef kitchen—from her fried sardines with beetroot and blood orange to a date-nestled, ice cream infused paan and panta bhaat with aloo bhorta—Kishwar Chowdhury has talked about writing a cookbook for Bangladeshi recipes as her ultimate dream. In this episode of Star Book Talk, Daily Star Books editor Sarah Anjum Bari talks about food, books, and cookbooks with Kishwar Chowdhury.

Mozzarella cheese is not only delicious to taste but has several health advantages too. Mozzarella contains a powerhouse of minerals that are highly beneficial for the body, is a rich source of protein, and is great for bone health.

This dish is for those who relish mildly spiced preparations. Perfected at the Mughal kitchen, it is still highly regarded as a celebration food.

The spirituality and holiness you feel while reciting the “talbiyah” along with the congregation is a powerful feeling. The sacredness and religiousness gives you a sensation of purity, it connects you to the almighty and you surrender yourself totally. 

Griddle operates out of a cloud kitchen located in Gulshan, Dhaka.

Midnight snacks that are healthy and extremely delicious as well.

"Our three core values are exposure, exposure, and exposure."

Spicy, sweet, sour, or a mix of all three? Figure out the right fit for you.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned for taking preparations in advance to face any possible long-term flood as forecasted by the meteorological department.

Be it any occasion or a normal day, the coffee houses in Dhaka are always bustling with people.

This has been a bad crop year so far with back-to-back floods inflicting losses on the agrarian economy and seriously affecting livelihood in half the country.

One-quarter grilled chicken. Naan. And a hell of a story.

Child marriage is illegal in Nepal, yet the impoverished Himalayan nation has failed to put in place policies to curb the practice with almost 40 percent of girls married before the age of 18.

The trial of Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi on tax fraud charges is due to start in Spain.

The overall inflation rate has dropped by 0.04 percentage point to 5.61 percent in April.

At least 50 people became sick after having food at a Pahela Baishakh programme in Kachua upazila town on Thursday.

It might seem that the beginning of the year is all about movies with various guilds lining up to reward their favourite films and actors but it's also the time when the food industry celebrates its own by announcing “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants”.

This year, on August 28th - the 15th day of the 7th month in the lunar calendar - it is Yu Lan festival in Hong Kong, also known as Hungry Ghost Festival

Vegetable is a crucial component in a balanced diet and there is no alternative to be healthy without it. But do you know there are 157 types of vegetables that Bangladesh produces every year?

For hundreds of years, the Bangalis have been making hundreds of different kinds of pithas that are unique to this land.