In the first week of December 2015, I visited the Times Lit Fest,
it was my first time at this event and I had a wonderful time. One of the
sessions that I attended was a discussion between Padma Lakshmi and Top Chef
winner Floyd Cardoz (titled 'Greed is Great - whether it's Fancy Dining or Cutting Chai') and the discussion was
about….what else? Food of course.
Something that Cardoz said struck a chord in my heart – he said that when he
cooks something, he often finds it difficult to later recall how he exactly cooked the dish. His mother wanted a recipe of one of his dishes that he had once cooked for
her but he just could not remember exactly how he did it. At his restaurant however
his sous chef accompanies him and as Cardoz cooks, the sous chef notes down everything.
