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Magazine 2005 >> June
2005 >> What's
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| Master Chef To Teach
Vision of Palate Workshops for the Visually
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World renowned chef, author, caterer
and cooking instructor Vikas Khanna has developed a ground
breaking workshop series for the visually disabled, which is
taught at The New York Public Library this spring. The
work-shops are based upon his research on The Power of Palate,
the benefit of taste on people with visual disabilities.
During these workshops the students start with a
tasting of a single spice or herb at a time and define it in
the words like "sweet, savory, hot, spicy, refreshing, cold,
soothing, woody, aromatic, licorice, fragrant etc" After the
first session they are served rock salt flavored lemonade to
cleanse the palate.
The second session begins with a
little more complex flavors or blends of spices. Again, the
students have to define the flavors based on aromas, textures
and flavors. This lesson enables them to understand that they
are blessed with the ability to distinguish with such
sensitive details. Chef Khanna also stresses the sensitive
points of the palate. After this course the students are
served yogurt sorbet with grapefruit soup to cleanse the
palate again.
With a few minutes of the break they are
served small tasting to desserts, which are all truffles with
different fillings like orange rinds, mangoes, coconut,
coffee, lime and cardamom.
All money raised during
these workshops will be donated to "Andrew Heiskell Braille
and Talking Book Library" and to cure young children with
visual disabilities in India by Save the Children
Organization.
Master Chef Khanna operates his cooking
school, Sanskrit Culinary Arts in New York City, and is the
founding member of New York Chefs Cooking for Life. He is the
author of Ayurveda - The Science of Food and Life, Mango Mia,
Spice Story of India and the soon to be released Cooking For
Life, featuring recipes from the highly acclaimed February 2nd
Tsunami Fundraising Event sponsored by the New York Chefs
Cooking for Life. A portion of the proceeds from these books
goes to Mother Theresa Charities.
For more information
regarding the Vision of Palate Workshops, please visit
nypl.org or Chef Khanna’s own website vkhanna.com.
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