CaLDRON February 2014 - Valentine's Day Special | Page 3

EDITORIAL & CREDITS We're reaching out faster than we thought, with the last issue too raking in over 100,000 reads, which sounds like we ought to be aiming at a million plus in the course of the coming year. Keep your fingers crossed folks. You'll find this issue to include recipes from international chefs, which brings in a new level of education for us in terms of exposure to different cultures. We also have an awesome chef and person in Ranveer Brar, from Boston, USA who kindly consented to answer our readers' questions. Especially heartwarming this month, were the stories and recipes sent in, about the first dish cooked by readers for their partners. If you have a similar story to share, please do write in. For February, we showcased the legendary fare from Matia Mahal, the street food destination opposite Jama Masjid in New Delhi as well as explored an interesting format in the piece on plant based milk, which by the way, was new to me. Had you heard of it before? Also, watch out for the little hearts on some restaurant reviews and recipes. That means, they're recommended for your Valentine's Day dinner. The Chef at Large Team MANAGING EDITOR SID KHULLAR (Delhi/NCR) ASSOCIATE EDITOR NATASHA ALI (Bangalore) CONSULTING EDITOR VINITA BHATIA (Mumbai) EVENTS EDITOR PARUL PRATAP SHIRAZI (Delhi/NCR) RECIPE CURATOR NADEEM KHAN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS SANDEEP SRINIVASA (Coffee) JASWINDER SINGH (Wine & Spirits) SPECIAL PROJECTS RITUPARNA MUKERJI SHRUTI ARORA CHARIS ALFRED BHAGIANTHAN As always, please do keep writing in. Your comments and suggestions keep us going and help us improve. Stay well. Sid CHEF AT LARGE WEBSITE http://chefatlarge.in JOIN THE CHATTER ON OUR FACEBOOK GROUP https://www.facebook.com/groups/chefatlarge/ DOWNLOAD THE ANDROID APP http://bit.ly/calandroidapp STAY INFORMED WITH OUR FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/chefatlarge.in MAIL THE EDITOR AT [email protected] FOLLOW US ON TWITTER http://twitter.com/yourchefatlarge SEND US A PRESS RELEASE OR EVENT LISTING [email protected] OTHER CREDITS Cover photo courtesy: Michael Swamy Photo Relief pictures: Sid Khullar All other recipe photos used are from the sources mentioned in the article. CONTRIBUTORS Alka Keswani, Chef Audrey Pravata (Maybury), Chef Gurpreet Singh (Punjab Grill), Chef Johnson Manjooran (Rainbow Steakhouse), Chef Michael Swamy, Chef Ranveer Brar (BanQ), Chef Sandeep Pande (Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre), Chef Vicky Ratnani (Aurus), Dhanya Samuel, Dr. Manisha Sharma, Grey Goose Vodka, Hrishikesh Thakkar, Karen C. Le Calvez, Karishma Pais-Kim, McCain Foods India, Minnie Gupta, Mohammed Shadab Ansari, Niti Agni, Priya Shiva, Shirisha Sharma, Shobha Keshwani, Tassy Gillitwala. CaLDRON February 2014 3