Diva of Fashion !

I recently came across this chinese proverb "Three-tenths of a woman's good looks are due to nature, seven-tenths to dress;" It has long, however, been a familiar adage in most countries that "fine feathers make fine birds".

I got a chance to visit 'WestSide' at Spencer Plaza this weekend.Buying a thermal wear and t-shirts for the forthcoming Coorg trip was the objective of my visit.It hardly took 15 - 20 mins to choose two cotton t-shirts,one in black another in pink color for the tracks that I had chosen to wear for the trekking.Also found a pale blue jerkin that would match my shoes (Believe me... matching colors give a composed outlook).

As it is the case always , I was just giving a look at the 'Mix and Match' section of the outlet.
('Mix and Match' section is a place where you can find lots of kurtas and salwars that can be picked and matched with pants.Its your matching skills that matters a lot !!)

Alvo !! I found the patiala type of salwars in group of colors.Purchased a black-red combo.This supersoft lightweight cotton is a breeze to wear.Shimmering gold paisleys enliven the black cotton adding an extra exotic appeal to this simple salwar type pants.

Its is very similar to salwar except that a patiala salwar has 3-4 pleats sewn into the sides of each salwar leg.These pleats run vertically from the top and are sewn into the hem at the ankle.The patiala is a very attractive version of the traditional salwar.

Patiala salwar kameez has got some special historical background.Patiala is a place in punjab in North India.The king of patiala used to wear baggy type salwar with long loose kameez with full sleeves.This has been reformed to this modern ethnic wear.

My selection won appreciation among girls at office.One of my team mate has planned to visit Spencer's today to buy one such attire.

The woman of today would like to choose an outfit which is Elegant, Feminine, Rooted in tradition,Seductive,Exotic,an Icon of class, Charming,Diva of fashion...

Yummy yummy yum !!

I-C-E C-R-E-A-M ...........

This is supposed to be a delightful dessert for all age groups…

Some of the flavours that I know Vanilla, Chocolate, Butter Pecan, Strawberry, Neapolitan, Chocolate Chip,French Vanilla, Cookies & Cream, Vanilla Fudge Ripple, Praline Pecan,Cherry, Chocolate Almond, Coffee,Rocky Road, Chocolate Marshmallow
In terms of specific ingredients, the recipe for ice cream is simple. But in scientific terms, it's complicated stuff. Ice cream is a colloid, a type of emulsion. An emulsion is a combination of two substances that don't normally mix together. Instead, one of the substances is dispersed throughout the other. In ice cream, molecules of fat are suspended in a water-sugar-ice structure along with air bubbles. The presence of air means that ice cream is also technically a foam.

In addition to milk fat, non-fat milk solids, sugar, and air, ice cream also contains stabilizers and emulsifiers. Stabilizers help hold the air bubble structure together and give the ice cream a better texture. Although gelatin was originally used as a stabilizer, xanthan gum, guar gum, and other compounds are used today. Emulsifiers keep the ice cream smooth and aid the distribution of the fat molecules throughout the colloid. Egg yolks were once used, but ice cream manufacturers now tend to use other chemical compounds. These stabilizers and emulsifiers make up a very small proportion (less than one percent) of the ice cream. - Taken from HowStuffWorks.com

The history of ice cream…

Once upon a time, hundreds of years ago, Charles I of England hosted a sumptuous state banquet for many of his friends and family. The meal, consisting of many delicacies of the day, had been simply superb but the "coup de grace" was yet to come. After much preparation, the King's french chef had concocted an apparently new dish. It was cold and resembled fresh- fallen snow but was much creamier and sweeter than any other after- dinner dessert. The guests were delighted, as was Charles, who summoned the cook and asked him not to divulge the recipe for his frozen cream. The King wanted the delicacy to be served only at the Royal table and offered the cook 500 pounds a year to keep it that way. Sometime later, however, poor Charles fell into disfavour with his people and was beheaded in 1649. But by that time, the secret of the frozen cream remained a secret no more. The cook, named DeMirco, had not kept his promise.

This story is just one of many of the fascinating tales which surround the evolution of our country's most popular dessert, ice cream. It is likely that ice cream was not invented, but rather came to be over years of similar efforts. Indeed, the Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar is said to have sent slaves to the mountains to bring snow and ice to cool and freeze the fruit drinks he was so fond of. Centuries later, the Italian Marco Polo returned from his famous journey to the Far East with a recipe for making water ices resembling modern day sherbets.