ABOUT ME

A Warm Welcome to all of you!!

Who am I ??
I am Prathibha,the person behind the blog - The Chef and Her Kitchen which is based on pure vegetarian recipes (eggs sparingly used in cakes).I am an electronics engineer and worked as a programmer for a few years. I have lived in India most of my life and largely in Andhra and Karnataka and my food style is influenced by the local cuisine in these places. I have been exposed to International cuisine too when I moved to Hong Kong post marriage as my hubby was based there. My daily cooking ritual started there and so did my experiments with food. My stint with blogging commenced only after we moved to India though. My blog is now over 3+ years old and has evolved over the years to its present form.Blogging gave me an opportunity to try various modern recipes and also our treasured traditional ones ,which I would not have attempted otherwise overwhelmed by the complexity of recipes.I have started baking only after I started my blog and have successfully baked many cakes and breads which were appreciated by family and friends.

I am a foodie and love various kinds of cuisines. I relish anything which is tasty,I don't mind a chaat from a local chaat wala or a fine dining experience in a good restaurant just that food should be tasty.I have explored several International cuisines ranging from Italian to Chinese, Egyptian, Mexican, Spanish.I intend to post as many recipes as I can in my blog over a period of time.At heart though, I still prefer south Indian food and even a simple meal like rasam and rice can make my day.

I do watch television and most of the time I would end up watching a cookery show and language is not a barrier. I have scribbled several recipes from these shows which I refer occasionally. My most favorite show so far is Master Chef Australia, which I have been following from the last couple of seasons.

The various sources for my recipes which you see in my blog are from my mom, MIL, friends, relatives, my recipe collection, cook books,TV shows and fellow bloggers.How ever I do give a credit to the source if I try from them and I hope even you would do the same if you try from my blog.

The key motivation for this blog is my passion for cooking. I love to cook and feed people more than I love eating what I make. The encouraging comments from my fellow bloggers motivate me to try something new and kept me active in blogging.What else motivates a food blogger like me the most other than readers trying my recipes and giving me feedback.

For those looking for a feel of my blog , I would suggest you to scroll through my Recipe Index which would give you a good idea of my blog and also give you a flavor of the various kinds of traditional Kannada and Andhra recipes among others.

Copyrights:
A lot of effort goes in writing posts,clicking the pics of foods, editing them and presenting them across. Please do not copy or produce the same content with out my permission. I hope you understand.

Contact Me:
If you have any queries related to my recipes or any thing related to food or if you would like to request for a new recipe, please drop a mail to thechefandherkitchen@gmail.com or leave a comment in this page.I would be glad to help you.I am all ears to your suggestions,so kindly let me know if you think I should know or implement something more in my blog.