“Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”
Julia Child
Passionate About Baking … is a recipe cum food blog about baking, cooking, photography, food trends, cuisines and cultures. It’s mainly about ‘Doing Food From Scratch’. The challenge lies greatly in trying to recreate or develop recipes with substitutes as baking is not widespread in India, and ingredients are sometimes hard to come by.A ‘locavore’, a ‘bake-a-holic’, an ‘absolut’ baker are synonymous with who I am, a reflection of the artisan baker and foodie in me. My mantra – ‘Bake From Scratch’. With the lack of international baking ingredients in the everyday Indian kitchen, join me in my culinary adventures as I try to conquer the oven!
I am a non conformist, passionate & ‘rabid’ baker and blogger from Gurgaon, for whom visual appeal holds as much significance as healthy and delectable food. Any idea that grabs my fancy becomes a springboard for creativity.
My obsession remains baking with fruit, baking whole grain bread, exploring new ingredients, alternative flours, gluten free foods etc. I am obsessive about food styling, food photography, recipe development and enjoy cookbook/product reviews.
I also write an online baking blog for the Times of India, one of India’s largest newspapers. You can find me here under the name The Rabid Baker. The name is quite reflective of who and what I’m all about.
Notes : rabid: (adj) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or ideaI develop recipes too, on request for clients and for myself, which include baking using alternate grains like oats, buckwheat, amaranth etc. Food styling is something I absolutely adore. I use a Canon EOS 50D which I am still exploring.
Did I tell you I love props? I cannot collect enough of them. I love India, I love staying here, and I love the opportunity it has afforded me. I have a nice bunch of like minded foodie friends, and they are often the inspiration for my recipe ideas. We can only grow if we share wholeheartedly and intelligently … that is my belief!!
My other interests include travel, nature and lifestyle photography. I love the vibrancy and character of everything Indian. That rules my soul!
