What: Second Helping gets experts to answer your culinary queries, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , free service exclusively for bpb subscribers.

Why: bpb brings together Mumbai’s best – Valhalla’s bartending team; Kshama Prabhu from The Tasting Room; InterContinental Marine Drive’s Paul Kinny; East’s owner Nachiket Shetye and Indigo’s pastry chef Ajinkya Saundankar (read their bios here) - to help out in your kitchen. From setting your cocktails on fire to revealing the secret uses of pine nuts, they’ll answer your quirkiest gastronomical questions.

When: You want too many cooks to help with your broth. On until January 1.