Cherryonthecake!

To all of you out there who love to bake cakes, you know exactly what i mean when i say a cake spring is what we need to confirm, that the time, efforts and patience put into making that cake batter  has finally paid off. Baking is an art not everyone can muster,  and only the true heroes are able to understand the reactions between every ingredient with each other. Only a few can give so much of love, attention and care to those ingredients and only then do we get a perfect cake spring. The art comes from life, but unlike humans and emotions its easier to understand a Millard Reaction, or an M- Fall of a Cake. Why the Gluten doesn't react the way it did earlier? why did the melted butter make so much of a difference in the texture of the cake? Now, i understand why Chefs have their personal lives so hectic, cz if i were there i would rather spend my time nurturing the yeast and knowing that it would not disappoint me rather than having to place my bets on a human and be...

As the world progresses towards social media and interaction virtually more than face to face... the foods are moving into another dynamic environment. The Food world is as volatile as the Stock Market and maybe much more innovative. I say that since it is the only industry that has the innovation of the Tech happening in Silicon Valley, the trends of a Stock Market and the addiction in an alcohol industry.  That's what I exactly aim to do, combine the alcohol and desserts which people and the millennials are trending with. This is what its trending to, and this is the addiction we aim at.  A tiramisu isn't a real tiramisu without the rum and the Coffee Kahlua. The sensual sense arousing when the Rum and Kahlua along with the mascaporne goes down the tongue. When the Rum and mascaporne burn in the throat yet you want to go for more and just one more bite to finish it all off. That is food. That is the true sense of food and love for food. The foods are getting mo...

Often we come across the ever so sinful part of a meal, The Dessert! The sugar cravings at the end of the meal, that have been developed by our ancestors and age old traditions give us a run for our money. The desserts end being the last course of a meal but the taste of the dessert is what lingers on. And hence I chose to pursue the same... the taste of desserts lingering for minutes and enticing all the 5 senses is what I call a perfect dessert.  Keep following this space for some real scoop on some delicious and mouth watering desserts!!!

Its that time of the year, when I return home to my folks. From living a lonely, depressing life in a hostel far far away, this seemed to be the only respite. Whatever one eats in whichever part of the world, but the food, which comes out of a mother’s kitchen that truly brings a smile to your face and takes you down the memory lane.  Coming home after a few months feels like heaven. The stresses of life disappear as soon as the first bite of the mother’s dish enters my mouth. Her white dhokla’s with particular chutney that she serves it with. The whiff of the cooked dhokla’s made me forget all my worries. Thats when I realized this were just the beginning and how much I had missed this. My home was the only constant in my ever so volatile life. The time when I needed to come back to the roots and realize how I liked myself. It was the place to forget all my worries and be myself again. I missed being with my mom. One hour in the kitchen with her, while she whipped up some delic...

It happens ever so often that the love of any dish blinds our judgement. All we do is crave for it all the time. Wine?! Beer?! Cake?! Cheesecake?! Lychees?! Anything at all.. The first sight of its beauty, the taste of it on the tip of the tongue, the smoothness of it when it slips from the back of tongue down to the throat. It all portrays a beautiful image that we all crave to have or already experience in our favourite foods... But is it right??? Eating too much of anything is bad, as my mother puts it... But isn't passion for something important?? Be it for a passion fruit??! I know today, that to find the right dish is never the problem... Its the quantity that we gulp down our throats that causes indigestion... Eating a good dish with the right people by you, with a perfect ambience in the perfect quantity depicts joy and utmost happiness!! Its a match made in heaven! Coming to think about it, there is a multi billion dollar industry just dedicated to eating good food with...

The bitter Dark Chocolate! A marvel in itself. Good for health but the bitterness of it can't seem to get through the tongue. The constant taste lingering in the mouth of the bitterness of the dark chocolate stays for sometime. Still it is my first preference when I want to eat a Chocolate. This maybe due to the amount of antioxidants I know it has.  Have you ever had the juice of a  bitter-gourd, it seems like a punishment to have a single glass of juice of it, but the goodness of the juice is what makes the effort of gulping it down the throat worthwhile. The richness in nutrients, the luscious green colour, representing good health... it indeed is good, for health.  In life taking some decisions are equivalent to gulping down a glass of bitter gourd juice, or eating the darkest of chocolates. Its tough and bitter yet those decisions become important. They become necessary and the only option to change the current course of action. Its when we test how strong o...

As my mother says, "if its not worth the calories its not worth stuffing down ones throat". I tend to adhere to that belief to the end. Its not entirely wrong if one believes in good food and not just filling their stomach with any morsel of grain. I may tend to seem snobbish but hey, if one is paying for the meal why not get the best!? I have come across so many various dishes which seem to be non appealing by the look of it but its worth every calorie you put on. For instance, try an Avocado Shake, it sounds and looks unappealing and probably repulsive but the flavour is divine and worth every little ounce of calorie that you put on. Just like taking risks in life, if its not worth it then why bother taking risk. In finance we are taught, HIGHER THE RISK, GREATER IS THE PROFIT. But its not everyones cup of tea to be a risk seeker. If taking a risk seems to be putting a lot at stake then why bother. Jump From a cliff for the thrill, but be sure that the thrill is not enda...