ASHISH VIRMANI spends a day in the Swiss city and comes back dreaming of a nest egg

Zurich is perfect in late February-March, sun dappled and a city eminently worth walking through. If you start off at around the Bahnstroffe, the central shopping district of the city and move towards Lake Zurich, you will encounter luminous shop windows and fair-skinned people.

Having said that, for the most part Zurich is eminently understated. With its restrained architecture, muted colours and shimmer of gentility that hovers in the air — what Zurich seems to be saying to the visitor is "There's more to me than what meets the eye".

Out and About

Prakash Bang might have missed the Grand Canyon, but his trip to Las Vegas was certainly fun—a visit to this State is about river cruises, horse rides, city tours on trams, museums and of course, gambling

What comes to your mind when you think of Nevada or Las Vegas? Beyond the razzmatazz of Las Vegas, I was surprised to find that the state of Nevada, USA, has so much more to offer to tourists. And, they need not be gamblers. Assuming you still have money on you after having visited the casinos, shows and enjoying gourmet cuisine in Las Vegas, I would suggest you become an explorer!

Recalls one of the most successful fashion designers of the country, Neeta Lulla. Preeti Devnani reports

Today’s hottest cookbooks don’t just tell you how to boil rice. They take you on a journey that begins with your palate and ends on the dinner table

Almost every foodie is a fan of Jamie Oliver and Anthony Bourdain, as well as Nigella Lawson. One can’t help but stare in amazement as these master chefs prepare scrumptious dishes. It’s one thing to watch a show and hastily jot down the recipe that flashes at the end, but it’s another thing to buy a cookbook and go through it in leisure.

There’s a cookbook for every kind of person. So pick a category — housewife, vegetarian, working woman or the ultimate foodie. We’ll tell you which books to buy if you want to create culinary delights.
 

Jaipur’s wait for one of the most loved desserts, the doughnut, may nearly be over

The other day I was watching a feature on Dunkin Donuts, the famous American chain of doughnuts and coffee, on television. It was then that it occurred to me how similar the cooking process of doughnuts and our Indian vadas was. Both are fried with a hole made in the centre giving them the shape of a ring. The only difference is that while the former is a dessert, the latter is a salty snack. Of course, the batter is different too. Doughnuts are made of white flour mixed with yeast and our vadas are made of ground lentils.

Pre-marital sex higher among youth in villages than city counterparts

Forget sex in the city, the villages are where all the action is. A study has found that more youth in rural areas of the state indulge in pre-marital sex than their urban counterparts, thanks largely to the fact that they face none of the space and privacy problems young couples in cities are constantly grappling with.

Findings of the 'Youth in India- Situation and Needs' study, which were made public on Thursday, showed that the chances of young men in rural areas indulging in pre-marital sex is three times higher than young men in urban areas.