Recently, I visited a big fat wedding. It was one wedding that left all the guests speechless. The ambience was simply ‘wow’ and the food out of the world. As for me it was the food that bowled me over. The platter was both, vegetarian and non vegetarian. The chilli chicken, the achari baingan, the pullav, the biryani and I could go on…were simply lip smacking. The chefs had done a marvellous job. Everything seemed to have been done with an eye towards detail. Best spices were used, the vegetables were finely grated, and the food seemed to have been...
War of the sexes : Men or women, who is the better cook ?
It’s the battle of the sexes revisited. And the battlefield is the kitchen. So, the question that interests us all. Men or women, who are better cooks? Feminists will declare that it’s women who dominate the kitchen, and men would definitely beg to differ. So, what’s the verdict, who wins ? Let’s do a case study. Historians believe that most of the cuisines in most of the cultures in the world have been developed by women. Infact, there’s no arguing the fact that women have always dominated the kitchen area of the house, in most middle class and lower income...
Academy of Culinary arts Bangalore A gourmet special recipe
Who’s a gourmet ? In layman terms, a ‘foodie’. Someone exclaimed that there is no love sincerer than the love for food and a gourmet would agree. Period. In fact, foodie or not, eating and cooking form a major part of our daily routine. Go to any household and this is one subject that rules the roost. The mornings begin with ‘What to cook for breakfast’ , the noons are followed by deciding the menu for lunch and the nights, are of course, time for some awesome dinner after a hard day’s work. In the earlier times, in most middle...
Academy of Culinary arts india Learning with the masters
I always wanted to learn cooking. My first teacher was my mother. Whenever I saw my mother toil in the kitchen, I knew this is what I wanted to do. Those were the 90s I am talking about. My mother was a out of the world cook. Even dad was a good cook. Infact all my family members are great cooks. And the best part is they can cook not only Indian, but cuisines from different parts of the country as well as the world. For instance, my dad could cook awesome Bangladeshi as well as South Indian cuisines. My...
Academy of Culinary arts Bangalore blogs_Cooking with your heart
Being a working woman, it is but anyone’s guess that what type of cook I must be. One of my uncles told me that my cuisines resembled a ‘railway catering’ type of cooking. Those were my teens. And now I am a woman in my early 30s. And proud to announce that my cooking has improved…. I mean I’d like to believe so ! When I was in my early 20s, Cooking was one art i avoided. I loved eating, but cooking ?! Nah!! Then I saw my mother cooking in the kitchen like anything and making some out of...
Academy of Culinary Arts Bangalore For the love of cooking
Cooking, most people think as an easy process, but this is one discipline or art or whatever you wanna call it, that requires the hand of an expert. Cooking is one art that has got commercialised of late. Cooking , however has always existed ever since the beginning of civilisation. Cooking , in the earlier times was done in fire made out of friction between two stones. The fire created was used to cook food. Cooking is one art that became more evolved with time. Cooking in the earlier times, was more of a household affair and one discipline where...
The journey and evolution of cooking
Cooking is something that most of the people think of to be an easy process. But, the fact of the matter is that cooking is a complex procedure that requires lot of physical and mental stamina. Cooking, if looked with a wide perspective is a violent process for it involves lot of grinding, pounding, and mixing. There is also mental stamina involved for one has to think about lot of factors such as the amount of heat flow, amount of spices, the type of spices , amount of salt etc. and decide upon number of factors to make the foods...
Academy of Culinary Arts Bangalore Blogs_Features of a topnotch culinary school
Culinary schools are a new concept in India. Culinary, according to many people is a new phenomenon . But, the fact of the matter is that our country that is India, always had the rich tradition of khansamas who were cooks in the rich families and could cook some amazing food.The royal cooks or the khansamas were these people who were capable of making some delicious food. The khansamas were thoroughly home bred and illiterate in nature, but still when it came to cooking they could cook some amazing food. In the present times, there are many culinary schools where...
Getting to learn cooking from grandma
Let’s face it…cooking is not an easy job. With all the mixing, grinding, heating involved, it involves lot of physical as well as mental stamina. And this is one fact that I got to learn quite late in life. Till my early teens, like any normal teenager I thought cooking was a child’s play. So, when my grandma came visiting home , I decided to cook her some breakfast of simple omelette, toast and tea. This is an incident, when I was 17 years old, and looked down at cooking as a housewife’s job . So, back to the story…...
Academy of Culinary Arts Bangalore Blogspot_Man or woman: Who’s the better cook?
It’s the battle of the sexes again. But, the playground is the kitchen this time. So, the age old question…who’s the better cook? Men or the fairer gender? Let’s have a closer look…. Early men were supposed to be hunters, womenfolk took care of the household and the children and this is what the history books reveal. Kitchen and cooking have predominantly been a woman’s domain. Many historians believe that the food and cuisines that we eat in the modern times, have to a great extent been structured and designed by women. However, the same history books also reveal that...