In tune with our vegan series, experts delve deeper into the nutritional value of ‘Tempeh’ and its steady rise as a plant-based diet. Parallelly, this week we celebrated National Cheese Day with Mumbai chefs who shared four recipes for a variety of mouth-watering cuisines that you can prep up in no time. Along with food, we spotted Persimmon: A medium-sized light orange fruit that chefs are using as a secret ingredient to enhance flavours in their dishes.

With festivals kicking in, we spoke to the production and curatorial team behind the Van Gogh 360 show to learn about the essentials that go into crafting an event of this scale and style. In literary arts, Midday.com travelled to the Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 to interact with authors and filmmakers on their latest pursuits.