I’ve entered the world of blogging rather late. I was called a dinosaur even today by a gorgeous young lady who could not believe I knew so little about the internet. My fault for spending 30 years in the kitchen and thinking the world evolved around the very next meal. Well at least dessert. (Do we really have to suffer entrée and main course just to get to the best bit of any meal? One of life’s conundrums!)
I’m so late to the internet though that I feel I should be entering it as Ships Log Stardate 922011.
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| Adagio |
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| Chocolate Chiboust Tartlets |
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Anyway, better late than never.
Over the coming entries, I will post some of the amazing delicacies the team and I create as we travel the Middle East and produce some of the most stunning pastries, hopefully you will ever see.
The team works hard, and we are always developing something new, something to test ourselves and the taste buds we feed. Hopefully in our creating we achieve a fine balance of Arabic flavors, New Age creationism and traditional desserts. I spend time in Paris each year seeking the latest trends and take these ideas home to our test kitchen to develop our Arabian Dreams.
That is exactly how the book, ARABIAN DREAMS got started. An idea, a dream and some delicious desserts. Today the book, after just 3 months in release has achieved an award as One of the Top 57 Cookbooks of the World for 2010 and is shortlisted as one of the top fours books for BEST ARABIC TITLE COOKBOOK IN THE WORLD. (More on Arabian Dreams- Middle Eastern Desserts for the Next Generation, in later posts)
I’ll continue posting thoughts, theories and a few recipes as we go along from here. Some posts will be days apart, some may be weeks, but we will be back eventually, our passion never dies, simply the hours in the day are sometimes not long enough.
Happy cooking!!
There is no greater pleasure than sharing our knowledge with others and even though books, coffee booklets, articles do help us to achieve this to some extent, nothing can beat the electronic media to spread our knowledge to the world. I do appreciate your initiative to enter this new realm of electronic media, the Internet, Blog etc...I wish you all the very best in your new endeavour.
ReplyDeleteCreativity and Innovation are the two keys to success in the present times and i am quite sure you are endowed with both these qualities. You have successfully implemented both these in your marvelous recipes and I wish you scale greater heights in this field of cookery...
Perhaps it wont be a bad idea to undertake a short visit to the exotic country, India, to conduct a study on the numerous sweet dishes and desserts being prepared all over india which you may incorporate in your future projects. It would definitely be beneficial to the Asian community and others.
wishing you and your team all the very best,
p v menon- ernakulam- kerala-india