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Academy of Culinary Arts Bangalore Blogs_An outdoor picnic and cooking some delicious food


Life is made up of lovely moments. And it is a well known fact that nothing is more enjoyable than the time spent with your dear buddies. I’d like to share one such experience when me and my pals went for an outdoor picnic.

I was in high school those days and it was during those days that when me and my girl pals decided to have an outing. We settled for the park near our house as we had the permission to organise picnics there. So, everything was decided, right from the  time ,date, venue and the food. Talking about food , it was decided that we will cook the food right at the picnic spot and hence had to bring the ingredients right from home.
The day arrived and we set off. After the regular gossiping and we set on to cook. Now, everything was brought, but the only problem …..we hadn’t decided on the menu and almost everyone brought the regular ingredients  like lentils, rice, salt etc. The food cooked was kedgeree. And eating lot of  hot kedgeree in hot summer afternoon was….well, not a bad experience.

This was the late 90s I am talking about. Those were days, when we learnt cooking from our mothers and grandmothers, but now in the modern times, there are many culinary schools such as the Academy of Culinary Arts where enrollees can learn all aspects of cooking and baking. They have some short term baking courses and  best culinary courses and the best part is everything is taught by complete hands on training. This helps in enhancing the dexterity of hands.

The bread baking classes in Mumbai, for instance, are an example that these schools have become popular with the masses. These classes are held by the master chefs who expertise in the art of cooking.

Baking classes in Pune are an example that apart from big metros, cooking has become popular even in small towns and cities also.

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