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Food- the love of our life


“ There’s no love sincerer than the love for food” ...and that specifically holds true in the life of all living creatures. I mean, just peek into the life of any middle class households, in India, for instance, and you will find that food is one topic that rules our life. The normal day in the life of a common man begins with “ What to cook for breakfast ?” Then, this is followed by deciding the menus for lunch and dinner.
Food is a requisite of not only the body but also the mind. After all who will disagree with the fact that a good meal, does lighten up bad moods. Chocolates, as we all know are great mood boosters and help fight depression.

Cooking food is itself an art and a divine experience. Cooking, most people think  is an easy process, but it is not and involves lot of hard work, patience, and intelligence. One has to have presence of mind and decide upon factors such as amount of heat flow, mixing of spices, deciding upon the favours etc.
Earlier most people learnt cooking either from various recipe books or from the lessons imparted by their elders specifically the women folk.

In the present times, there are many culinary courses in Delhi, for instance, where people can learn cooking following the techniques being taught in national as well as international market.

Professional culinary courses in Jamnagar is another example that apart from the big cities and metros, culinary art has come in vogue in small towns and cities also. These schools offer short term as well as long term courses and apt for the students who want to pursue vocational or professional cooking, respectively.

The professional culinary schools in Kozhikode are at par with the good cooking schools operating in big cities such as ‘The Academy Of Culinary Arts.’ Just like The Academy of Culinary Arts, it is meant for all right from the genteel to the middle income group people.

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