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Sunday Mid-day 10th October 2010

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Ever since I read "Eat My Globe",I have become a huge fan of the UK Foodie Simon Majumdar.He is hilarious,adventurous and dashing! This book is his real life story.He chucked his job and went all over the world in search of the best food and narrated his journey in his wonderful style.I have been in splits while reading every page.No one can match his brand of humor.He also has a blog called Dos Hermanos( http://www.doshermanos.co.uk/ ) and throws gourmet parties called 'Dine with Dos Hermanos".He recently released his second book "Eating For Britain".To top all that, he is now judge for the Iron Chef on Food Network. Inspite of being so successful,he remains grounded,friendly,helpful and unassuming.He's my hero! Shall remember today forever...not just because it is 10.10.10 but also because Sunday Mid-day published an article on Food Bloggers featuring Simon Majumdar,Kalyan Karmakar,Mallika Basu and me! Feel so privileged to be in the same article as ...

Le 15 Patisserie:Rushina Rocks

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Rushina and I have been in touch for a while thanks to our common friend and fellow blogger Kalyan Karmakar.Rushina writes a food blog called "A Perfect Bite" and conducts cooking classes at the gourmet store Godrej Nature's Basket and Le15 Patisserie. The other day I was online and she posted details of her next class on Facebook and that she would be giving a red wine chutney to all the participants.Evoked my interest.Saw that it was at a time convenient for me and thought it was a great opportunity to meet her as well. Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal is such a wonderful soul....sweet,affectionate,easygoing,unassuming,creative and immensely talented. Jolly glad I went.I have attended several cooking classes but none were as much fun as hers.The dishes were her own creations and she gave us a lot of options.The best part was that all of it was healthy! She used fruits,vegetables,yoghurt and olive oil. Rushina knew few dishes before marriage and then her husband taught her a ...