Outtakes from a cookbook

In my mid-20s I was involved in the production of several cookbooks behind the scenes. That helped start a love for food. I helped to write and photograph a cookbook for an international hotel chain’s Dubai restaurants, which had all types of cuisines (their Thai chef also taught me how to cook the Thai food I now love cooking). Later, I helped a Thai-Punjabi restauranteur publish a cookbook for their restaurant in Pattaya.

These were the outtakes from some of these projects.

A color photograph of some bulbs of garlic The essential ingredient in many cuisines, garlic. A sepia-toned photo of someone weighing spices with a manual scale The best part about any cookbook project: going to the market A black and white photo of a cast iron cauldron with milk in it, and someone stirring To make good chai, start with good milk. A black and white photo of someone pouring milk from Indian-style steel cups I love those steel cups. A color photograph of 9 spices arranged in a grid Spices are the variety of life.

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