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Monday, March 17, 2014

Baking French Macarons

Pistachio Macaron
I have been baking regularly this winter, and trying to perfect few recipes. Macaron de paris have been high on the list. Yesterday was Pistachio Macaron day. My very first macaron had "feet", and that brought tears to a set of eyes that hardly get wet. However the second crop got bad because of over confidence.

The effects of all this baking on the mood has been very pleasant but on my cholesterol and blood sugar; anything but pleasant. My doctor's warning email is a witness to that.

But these are small joys of life, would these be sacrificed because of a few point rise in your cholesterol or blood sugar?
Please excuse my self praise :) I think it is "kosher" once in a while. Have a nice week.


In case you want to try yourself and need the recipe, let me know, it is a tweaked version of Martha Stewart's, will be more than happy to share.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Max Ginsburg

Self Portrait

 I have great appreciation for the work of American contemporary artist, Max Ginsburg. Born in Paris, France and educated in New York, Max has portrayed American social and political issues for more than four decades. But his still life paintings are no less forceful than the ones on social /political issues.   

Mr. Ginsburg lives in New York and is currently represented by Gallery Henoch of New York, NY and Cavalier Galleries of Greenwich, Connecticut.
Hope you will enjoy some of his work here.

Self portrait 1969

Going shopping-1975

Instant Coffee-1976

Chicken Soup-1979

79th & Broadway-1979

Don't walk

Dreadlocks-1999

Meier's Upholsterers

Two Worlds-2003

Blind Beggar-2006

The Discussion-2007

Donna-2007

Unemployed online-2013


Picture credits: Max Ginsburg
To see more of Max Ginsburg work please visit his website: www.maxginsburg.com

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Zaha Hadid



Zaha Hadid is quite a celebrity, the first female Architect to win Pritzker Prize, Dame Zaha Hadid, DBE is British Architect, famous for her futuristic designs of buildings, boats, furniture, shoes and almost everything I guess. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, “grew up in the first Bauhaus inspired building in Baghdad."(Wikipedia) Educated at American University, Beirut, Lebanon and Architectural Association School of Architecture, London". She is as international as one can be.

 She has taught at prestigious universities around the world, including at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she was the Kenzo Tange Professorship and the Sullivan Chair at the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Architecture. She also served as guest professor at the Hochscule fur bildende Kunste Hamburg, Germany, the Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State University, the Masters Studio at Columbia University, and Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the  Yale School of Architecture. From the year 2000 on Dame Zaha Hadid is a guest professor at The University of Applied Arts - Vienna, in the Zaha Hadid Master Class Vertical-Studio. 

Aquatics Center, London-2012 Olympics

Aquatics Center London-interior view

 
Bridge Pavilion Zaragoza, Spain

 
Library & Learning Center University of Economics &
Business, Vienna, Austria

Interior view of  University of Vienna, Austria


BMW Central building
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati 
Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou China
Guangzhou Opera House interior
Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Baku

Heydar Aliyev Center, interior
Scotland's Museum of Transportation, Glasgow

Interior view of the Museum of Transportation


Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion

Zany Beko Building, downtown Belgrade

Sheikh Zayed Bridge, UAE

Future/under-construction projects:

New York City High line park, W 28th street Luxury Condo.
National Stadium in Tokyo
Interior concept of National Stadium, Tokyo
Dubai Opera House, Dubai
Birdseye rendering Dubai Opera House

Construction site Dubai Opera
Superyacht for Blohm + Voss

Superyacht
Zaha Hadid and Karl Lagerfeld
Credits: Zaha HAdid Architects, google, wikipedia etc

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Chanel Spring 2014!

Chanel's Spring/Summer collection is very different from what we have usually seen at Chanel.

This collection indicates; Karl Lagerfeld has no dearth of ideas and his imagination is still running at a breathtaking speed.

Enjoy!










And the Grand Master himself
http://www.chanel.com/
Picture credits: Chanel, google etc.