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A few months ago, a decidedly unsexy, 1970s-era diet food began flying off supermarket shelves. Nearly overnight, cottage cheese was as trendy as Barbie pink. People put it in dips and pasta sauce.

Egg shortages have left people scrambling for alternatives or eating the cost of expensive cartons. Avocados and tomatoes could get pricier as tariffs on Mexico and Canada fluctuate. But rising food ...

Can you imagine Idli—soft, simple, and the most unassuming star of the breakfast plate—as a nervous wreck? He is miserable. Sambar, once his perfect companion, is leaving him to marry Vada—crisp, ...