Birjis A Rashed

She is passionate about cooking and believes it is an art, science and pleasure. Winner of several chili cook off's and food contests, she has been cooking, writing and teaching about food. Having a Masters in Business Administration, and advertising and a writing background, she enjoys writing about food besides making it!

Originally from the land of spice, Hyderabad, India she has imbibed its hospitality, culture and traditions in her lifestyle. Living in America since 13 years she has adopted its ethos and harmonized with flair and aplomb.  Having a deep appreciation and fondness for various International cuisines, she has integrated some of them in her cooking. Though the extensive Indian cuisine is her specialty, she has further evolved into fusion cooking, integrating South East Asian spices with Western cuisine or Western culinary arts into Indian cuisine.

She learnt the fundamentals of cooking from her mom an impressive and extraordinary cook. The science of blanching a tomato or deveining shrimps, rolling a roti or artfully spreading the dosa (rice crepe) and the understanding of spices is an acquired skill she learnt from the expert.

Her creativity in cooking is honed by her food loving family and friends. A husband who is a critic and connoisseur of good food, and her children who cutely appreciate their dinner by a dialog they coined, “This is the best food you ever made, you always make best food!”