When kitchen is your playground

For an expert cook, the kitchen is his Mecca. It is here where his imagination and creativity are at their best form. The cook is nothing sort of an artisan for whom the kitchen is his favourite playfield. Cooking , as most people will like to believe is not a new profession. People, even in earlier times, loved to cook. Who can forget the great culture of Khansamas or bawarchis that was born in India. These khansamas were expert cooks who mostly worked in rich and aristocratic families. They, though illiterate could cook some marvellous food. Earlier, cooking was mostly a household affair and it were women who dominated the kitchen. Experts believe that in many cultures it were the women, who were responsible in crafting the recipes. In the modern era, there are many culinary institutes in India where cooking is taught according to the latest trends. These institutes are perfect example of old world meeting new world. In other words traditional and modern , both...