Friday, May 25, 2012

My Cooking Done Different



Growing up eating all kinds of Arabic and medatarian food, which are very rich in flavors and spices and learning most of secret and techniques of Arabic cooking. My background helps in so many ways in my studying at The Art Institute of Tucson. I like  learning the classic fundamentals techniques of the French cooking. Being in the school help me to be more advance and help me to be more professional. So now I can easily create an Arabic meal that is very delicious and rich in Arabic culture following the French cooking methods and knowledge. My final product is elegant, successful, and organized with depth in the flavor from my hometown and new French twist to it. One important element I learned in school and I like to implement it in my cooking and presenting food is portion control. So instead plaiting a big tray of rice and meat I would rather assemble individual plates. Each on has small portion of rice and nice-cut piece of meat. That would make a plate more appealing to the eye, and good serving size so that we can minimize waste. I love the organization and the stages and procedures of the French way of cooking and plating, Its looks pure, simple, and elegant. 


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  1. Great Yasmin, I am hungry again!! This is very interesting how your background helps you in school today. Maybe one of these days you could treat your classmates, i.e., MYSELF and only ME, to your delicious food. I will be the food taster, don't worry I won't charge you at all, it will be a free service of my part! Let me know, this is a good business opportunity for you! lol

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    1. Thanks Erica. this is funny what you said and I'm on diet too, but the food temptations are so strong.

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  2. hahahaha, fundamentals my favorite last plate in my whole class. It had a great rich flavor it looks elegant and its different. Im a hispanic so its all about spices and hot sauce but here its different in class everything is so yummy and i don't know but your plating looks GREAT!

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    1. Me to I lot this class. arabic cultures love spices too like hispanic people.

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  3. I love how this dish is not completely full. Since us Americans have managed to enlarge the dinner plate by around 2 inches in the last 20 years and therefore our bodies by like 50 pounds I think it is awesome how you as a culinary student are limiting the amount of food on the dish.

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  4. thanks Julio. we are the arab just like american we like lots of food on our plate . in my country every thing served in trays instead of dishes. I love the french cuisine and their style of cooking and eating.

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  5. That totally looks like our Basics final :) Nicely tourned potatoes also and the chicken looks perfect.

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