Foodscape of the Future
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.”
– Luciano Pavarotti
Unfortunately, the operatic tenor did not live to see how prophetic his innocuous comments would become in a post-pandemic world, where food has become not just a connoisseur’s quirk or an invocation for the health-obsessed but a rallying cry for normalcy. For the past two years, the better part of which has been spent rattling around the house, food has assumed a divine assignation both in its omnipotence and omnipresence. “Food became a major source of comfort, creativity and release for people around the world during the global standstill wrought by the pandemic in 2020,” says Manisha Bhasin, Corporate Chef, ITC hotels.
Order of the day
Covid 19 has proved to be one of the biggest game changers, especially for the Indian food industry that has gone through some of the most unexpected changes over the last two years of the crisis. With a halting return to routine, the food industry has had to consider new sources of revenue generation, while the restrictions on global imports led to
