Food News - Chef Vikas Khanna's new book - Young Chefs

After Masterchef India - I am dead sure that there is not a single girl/woman in this country who hasn't fallen for Chef Vikas Khanna. God damn he is soooo cute - and that dimpled smile, that soft voice - how can any woman resist him. Imagine a guy who looks cute, has a dimpled smile, is soft spoken and to top it all, he is a world renowned chef - girls what more do we need??? And to all you guys out there - we find it really sweet when you try your hand at the kitchen to impress us. So no matter how kali your chai turns out, or how uncooked your eggs are - we still LOVE IT!.

Ok, so coming back to the topic, Chef Vikas Khanna has written a new book titled 'Young Chefs' which has simple recipes that any child (and by that I mean 12+ years olds) can whip up. He has dedicated this book to all the contestants of Master Chef Junior. To read his complete interview, click on the link below.

Chef Vikas Khanna reveals recipes that are a child's play 

Fashion Plate - Concept by Smoke House Deli

I was browsing through this month's Vogue India when this happened to catch my eye - ' Vogue co hosted the first edition of Fashion Plate - an inventive evening with the best minds in design diverting their attention to the kitchen.' Fashion Plate concept has been introduced by Smoke House Deli, in Hauz Khas Village, Delhi. The concept will be offered as a 3 course meal that can be customized for 30-40 guests. In addition, the restaurant has also launched Deconstruct, a monthly project that collaborates with a single designer to develop a menu. The even was attended by the  crème de la crème of the fashion fraternity including Rohit Bal, Pernia Qureshi, Manish Arora, Harmeet Bajaj, Priya Tanna & many more. The menu boasted of delicacies like Bottega Veneta inspired stewed rice with toasted coconut, assorted grain & nut granola, Chanel inspired Oreo & milk, squid ink & black olive biscuits, faux milk, Manish Arora inspired dessert of peanut butter & chocolate ganache with assorted berry & fruit gels etc. 

On googling the concept I got to know that the West boasts of many food designers - and I didn't even know that there exists a profession like this !!! The job of these food designers is to concentrate on food presentation. Cool na?? I mean think about it - we have so many good cooks in every household in India and they loose out on so many opportunities only because they are unable to make a dish look as appetizing as it is. If we have professional food designers in India, the chefs can concentrate more on just cooking while making the dish look beautiful & appetizing can be someone else's job :)

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