Cooking up jobs

Compiled by Heena Khandelwal Nidhi Lodaya Nimisha Patil and Kasturi GadgeDuring the pandemic the hospitality industry suffered immensely and a large number of establishments either shuttered down or downsized Now that the sector is rapidly picking up pace there are many spots to be filled Entrepreneurs Rishi Khiani and Agnelo Miranda along with the National Restaurant Association of India have cobuilt a staff employment site dedicated to the sector All a job aspirant needs to do is sign up on kaamcom post which the team will contact them to discuss opportunities The applicants can even upload multimedia CVs Most importantly the platform offers blockchainpowered employee profiles so that a potential employer can trace a candidatersquos credentials and the authenticity of claims kaamcomEveryday heroesBalram VishwakarmaBalram Vishwakarma admin of the vociferous Instagram page andheriwestshitposting has a new series of posts highlighting the lives of hardworking ordinary people who make up the landscape of the city He has interviewed and compiled daily schedules earnings and monthly expenditures of autorickshaw drivers vada pav and cigarette sellers and a Chinese food stall owner Itrsquos a valuable insight into the notsoeasylives of people we interact with daily and are dependent uponbalramvishwakarma InstagramTodayrsquos history lessonChetan Rexwal right Sumit NayakWith an aim to democratise nonfiction by bringing lost stories to the forefront Summit Nayak and Chetan Rexwal launched This Day The app has about 100 storytellers spinning 4000 stories so far across themes such as culture governance science entertainment and religion They give us a peek into interesting historical events that took place on that day For instance on April 18 2022 the lsquoThis Day in Indiarsquo section featured the Ballad of Chittagong about the Chittagong uprising which took place on April 18 1930 On June 1 their lead story marked the day in 1955 when the Untouchability Offences Act abolished untouchability and set punishment for its violation Another story shed light on when the Lok Sabha stood divided post the general elections when no party could call a majority BJP tried to form a majority but failed and after 11 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee submitted his resignation as Prime Minister On June 1 1996 a unique coalition of nonCongress and nonBJP regional parties formed a government with HD Deve Gowda as its head Fascinating isnrsquot itthatdayappIce cream for the waistPICSPRADEEP DHIVARSummers and ice creams have a catandmouse relationship a match few can ignore On a sunny day in May we tried The Brooklyn Creameryrsquos newly launched mangoraspberry and blueberry cheesecake ice creams Even though there is a plethora of mangoflavoured ice creams in the market this one stood out for its pairing with the berry Both the flavours are sharp and distinct despite being swirled togetherThe fusion of the mangorsquos sweetness with raspberryrsquos tartness is a hit and the fact that it has about 11 gm of whey protein and just 175 calories per serving came as a sweet surprise The blueberry cheesecake impressed us instantly as did the fact that it is a ketofriendly with less than 2g carbs and just 106 calories per serving It had a light and subtle blueberry flavour infused with the right amount of cheesecake which lured us into another servingthebrooklyncreamerycomFrom mummyrsquos kitchenThe cookbook memoir is Pandarinathanrsquos homage to her motherFrom being a model to a photographer to now a firsttime author Prasanna lsquoPressyrsquo Pandarinathan has worn many hats AmmimdashAn Expression of Love Rupa Publications Rs 1495 is a cookbook memoir and Pandarinathanrsquos homage to her mother Nirmala Pandarinathan Through this book she relives the memories she and her family shared with her motherlsquoAmmirsquo is short form for lsquoAmmi Kallursquo in Tamil a traditional South Indian stone grinder The book chronicles a lifetime of recipes from Nirmalarsquos kitchen longforgotten stories and anecdotes The recipe images in the book are taken by Pandarinathan herself Nirmalarsquos repertoire of recipes spans South India Ipoh Penang Singapore Indonesia and EuropePrasanna PandarinathanThe recipes are simple homestyled easy to cook and packed with aromas flavours and textures The cookbook is divided into 10 sections like vegetables eggs poultry meat and seafood Each section has carefully curated recipesAvailable Online