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Corn Pancakes 27 Aug 2013 | 12:56 am
Last week, I was overjoyed at the sight of fresh corn on the cob at the markets in Paris. I promptly stocked up on both white and yellow corn and ate them in the way anyone from Bombay would – roasted...
Week 6: Life As A Culinary Student 18 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am
The regions we covered at Cordon Bleu this week were Champagne, Auvergne and Côte d’Azur. Or, to be more precise, we just touched upon these regions, because for most of them, we study only a traditio...
Citrus Scented Baklava with Walnuts, Pistachios and Almonds 12 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
I have a Baklava recipe that I’ve been meaning to share for a while. It’s a terrific recipe, this one. And my friend, Jennie, who taught me how to make it insists that I chop the nuts by hand only and...
Week 5: Life As A Culinary Student 22 Jul 2013 | 03:47 am
I absolutely hate having a practical class that involves cooking fish on a Monday. Why so? That’s because the market is closed on Monday, so the fish is typically ordered in over the weekend and is si...
Week 4: Life As A Culinary Student 22 Jul 2013 | 03:31 am
Week 4 of Le Cordon Bleu was fun with staggered classes and loads of events city-wide leading up to Bastille Day on Sunday. One of the things I was really excited about cooking was lobster. This was ...
How to go to Le Cordon Bleu on a scholarship 19 Jul 2013 | 06:42 pm
Dear Aspiring Culinary Student(s), I’ve been getting a bunch of emails about cooking school and culinary scholarships lately so I’m going to try my best to answer all your queries about going to culi...
Week 3: Life As A Culinary Student 18 Jul 2013 | 01:20 pm
First thing on Monday morning, we had our class photo. I was really excited for this, but it was quite disheartening to see that most of the class didn’t show up. We are a batch of 38 students at the ...
Apricot and Rosemary Tartines 7 Jul 2013 | 02:58 pm
When I told you about the incredible flavour pairing that apricot and rosemary make last week, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. In the words of my classmate, “That was a party in the mouth!” I came ...
Life As A Culinary Student: Week 2 1 Jul 2013 | 12:10 am
On the first day of the week, I got myself locked out of my locker, again. This had already happened once before, back when I was studying Basic Cuisine and the folks at school had to break into my lo...
Life As A Culinary Student at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris 30 Jun 2013 | 10:50 pm
If you’re following me on Instagram, you probably already know that I began my Intermediate Cuisine course at Le Cordon Bleu, Paris about 2 weeks ago. I’m so excited about being back at school and hop...
