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International Cuisine Conference on Traditional Asian Diet
Panaji, Goa, September 2-5, 2007 - http://www.indologygoa.in
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Newsletter from Indology Goa
Felicitation of Mrs.Carafina Pereira, a true Ambassador of Traditional Goan
Cuisine at the International Cuisine Conference,Goa-September 2-5,2007
Panaji, Goa: The fulcrum of an internationally acclaimed Goan restaurant in
Goa "Martins' Corner" Mrs. Carafina Pereira will be felicitated at the
International Cuisine Conference to be held at Hotel Fidalgo (
www.hotelfidalgo-goa.com ) in the capital city Panaji from September
2-5,2007. This felicitation will be in honour of her dedication and
contribution towards the survival of Goan Tradition Cuisine.
Mrs. Carafina Pereira has done Goa proud by putting all her efforts for the
survival and success of Traditional Goa Cuisine. Her passion for cooking
Goan Cuisine has made "Martins' Corner", a mere grocery store into the most
sought after restaurant in Goa and the world since last one and a half
decade.
Over the years, Goa has evolved from a very quiet little state with
beautiful virgin beaches to a bustling tourist epicenter. This has enticed
loads of business consisting primarily of restaurants, which started serving
multi/fusion cuisines. Due to the lack of dedication and passion to maintain
accuracy by such restaurants, Goan cuisine had started to lose its
originality.
With the influx of domestic and foreign tourists Goan Hoteliers initially
started as multi-cuisine restaurants, but over the years they realized that
the trend of 'Fusion Cuisine' had started infecting the Goan cuisine and
that such a decline would be distressingly appalling, therefore they
committed all their vigor in reviving Goa's splendid cuisine.
Chef Extraordinaire, TV show host, author of best selling cookbooks,
restaurant consultant and winner of several culinary awards Sanjeev Kapoor
will inaugurate the International Cuisine Conference on Traditional Asian
Diet in Goa. This conference will be held at Hotel Fidalgo
(www.hotelfidalgo-goa.com ) in the capital city Panaji.
Goa based NGO Indology Goa and Pune based NGO OneAsia are the organizers of
this conference will be held from September 2-5, 2007.Mr.Kappor will deliver
the keynote address at the Conference. The aim of this Conference is to
examine the evolution, benefits and state of research on Tradition Asian
diet, as well as the potential and problems associated with its survival.
The focus of the conference will be on Healthy Traditional Cuisines and
their relevance in modern fast pace of life. The aim is also to set this as
a platform for a cross-cultural communication.
Goanet- the largest Goa related mailing list with over 10000 members managed
by Eminent Journalist Fredrick Noronha are Online Media Partners for this
event.
This background brings experts and students of Cuisine and Hospitality
Industry together during the four day conference, "United We Eat", a
conference on Traditional Asian Diet, A special academic session on
Traditional Goan Diet will be held where Culinary Experts of Goa will
deliver their presentation on various Nutritional aspects of Goan Food.
The Queen of Indian Cooking Dr.Tarla Dalala and the Chancellor of Maharaja
Sayyajirao University, Baroda, Gujarat Dr. Mrunalini Devi will share the
dais as the Guest of Honour with veteran cuisine expert Padmashree
Ms.Thangam Philip. Around 25 Cuisine experts including Dr.Nutan Pandit,
Pratibha Jain, Jigyasa Giri, Dr. Siddharth Wakankar, Dr. Alka Pandey, Dr.
Sumit Paul, Dr. T. V. Sairam, Chef Fernando Da Costa, Dr.G.B.Sharma, Author
and Environmentalist Dr.Nandakumar Kamat, Chef, Culinary experts Rony and
Suzie Martins, Food Critic Tara Narayan Patel will be making their
presentation on various aspects of Traditional Asian Cuisine during the
conference.
Television Celebrity and International Cookery as well as Nutrition expert
Niru Gupta will be a Lead Speaker on Evolution of Asian Traditional Food in
this International Cuisine Conference.
Niru Gupta, an author of 7 cookery books, has hosted Khaana Khazana on Zee
TV for 6 months, and Meri Saheli on Star Plus, judging and demonstrating
cookery programmes in Ladies' clubs in Delhi and Kanpur. She wrote a monthly
column in 'Sakhi' a Hindi magazine by the Dainik Jagran group for two years
and writes occasionally for New Woman, published from Bombay. She also
writes for other magazines like Upper Crust, Femina and Savvy
Niru Gupta is heading the panel of ndtv.com's cookery section and is the
cookery consultant on ndtvcooks.com and hosts cookery episodes for NDTV off
and on.
Goa, the Beach Destination of India is the chosen Venue for this
International Conference and is beautifully surrounded by the beaches.
Details of the conference are available on the organisations' website
www.indologygoa.in for online registration. Participants can also seek more
details on the conference from Dr.Anjali Rao, Chairperson, Indology Goa on
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
A book Exhibition on Cuisine is also organised during this conference at
Hotel Fidalgo where authors and publishers will be displaying their
literature where general public will be invited. A special discount of 25 %
will be extended to the general public.
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Dr.Anjali Mohan Rao,
Chairperson
Indology Goa
Regd.Address: GIRIVAR, Opp.Dhempe College, Miramar Beach, Post-Caranzalem,
City-Panaji, Goa 403002 INDIA
Phone: 0091-832-2462195 Cellphone: 0091-9422057786 / 0091-9422062910
website: http://www.indologygoa.in
