(Enter to win at Gourmand Recipes.)
Five (5) Mavea Elemaris Pitchers are up for grabs at Gourmand Recipes, my new website with American baking and everyday recipes. Three (3) winners will win the Kompakt pitchers (holds 4-5 glasses) and two (2) winners will win the XLs (8-10 glasses).
Leave a comment at Gourmand Recipes now to enter. Good luck!
I am so thrilled to announce the launch of my new project—Gourmand Recipes, with none other than the uber talented Ellie of Almost Bourdain fame. (Ellie is #3 in Babble’s Top 50 Food Mom Blogs 2011 and #5 in Best Photography).
Gourmand Recipes is a food blog about easy everyday cooking and baking. If you had followed Ellie at Almost Bourdain, you would know that Ellie is a wonderful home cook who can whip up amazingly delicious and creative dishes. She is also an excellent baker!
Gourmand Recipes was conceived a few weeks after Ellie bids her farewell to Almost Bourdain. I was sad, that I could no longer ogle her mouthwatering food photography, read her posts, and follow her kitchen journey. We then started emailing each other about her pending move, exchanging life stories (we came from Malaysia and Ellie lived in Penang, my hometown for 8 years), and sharing our dreams. I then came up with the idea of us working together on a new project while she is waiting for her big move. And voila, a delicious and gorgeous looking Gourmand Recipes was born.
Click Gourmand Recipes now and check it out. While you are at it, please don’t forget to:
Subscribe to Gourmand Recipes RSSSubscribe to Gourmand Recipes EmailLike Gourmand Recipes on Facebook Fan PageFriend Gourmand Recipes on FacebookFollow Gourmand Recipes on TwitterTo kick off and celebrate the launch, we have lined up two (2) giveaways for you:
Jacob Bromwell American Cookware Giveaway - retail value: $100++
ManPans 10? Fry Pan Giveaway – retail value: $80++
Go to Gourmand Recipes now and enter to win. Good luck and thanks so much for your continued support. Do let me know what you think of the new site, the logo, and the content. Thanks again!
Adjudged as BEST VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK IN THE WORLD 2006 by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, this book features traditional Andhra recipes as taught by an illustrious Indian Grandmother. She is Mrs. Subhadra Rau Parigi, fondly known as Pedatha, the eldest offspring of India's former President Bharat Ratna Dr. V.V.Giri. A passionate cook, Pedatha s recipes are much sought after by friends and relatives. Her cooking has remained unchanged in the face of changing times, still retaining the traditional flavours and an old world charm. Intrigued by her passion which has not diminished with age, the authors Jigyasa Giri and Pratibha Jain take the initiative to record this culinary legacy for posterity. They say that after indulging in another soul-satisfying meal at Pedatha s home, we re-crowned her the world s best cook. She smiled indulgently and simply said that anyone can cook these dishes, they are so easy to make. On an impulse, the authors switched on their laptop, and keyed in the recipes. This book is more than a record of some of these traditional, time-tested recipes. Rendered in stunning aesthetics, the book also gives a peek into the simple presentation of traditional Andhra vegetarian food, as well as the affection and joy which was shared in bridging the gap between the spoken and the written word. The authors conclude that their heartfelt desire was to show Pedatha how a seemingly ordinary skill of hers is in truth a rare genius...and thus came about this book at the greatest speed possible. SALIENT FEATURES OF THIS BOOK: 1) 96 pages, hardbound with dust jacket, 170 GSM premium art paper, four-colour 2) A picture with every recipe 3) A photo glossary 4) Section pages designed with photographs of Pedatha and a write-up 5) A simple transliteration scheme for pronunciation of Telugu terms 6) Interesting variations in many recipes 7)Special tips by Pedatha throughout the bookPrice: $25.05
Portrait of a Gourmand - A gourmand is simply, someone who takes pleasure in food and eating. This is a continuing photographic series of gourmands, from all walks of life. There are many gourmands that inspire us in profound ways that make us experience and think about food differently. These portraits essays share their amazing stories.
You’re looking at two lovely and multi-talented people. Allison Day, founder of Sushiday.com, is a dancer and a web developer. Her boyfriend Phu Son Nguyen is also web developer, artist and photographer. Their artistry and love for one another is nothing but obvious, and infectious.
Together they create websites, they blog, they cook, they dance and they photograph together.
We hired Allison to be a model for one of our photo-shoots one afternoon and right by her side was Son, helping her with her outfit changes and helped us with behind the scenes lighting. Watching them work together and seeing how they gently communicated with one another was such a treat.
So, with our cameras in hand, we pulled them aside for a little private shoot before the sun set on the horizon.
In those 10 minutes we captured a moment in their story.
The End.
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