“Esref Armagan, of Ankara, Turkey, is a 53-year-old blind painter. Blind since birth, Armagan is a gifted visual artist who can draw and paint in three dimensions; drawing comparisons to Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi, the first artist to master three point perspective.”
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My Patti is the chief inspiration behind all my cooking and my passion – for aromas; for achieving the right consistency; for serving with lot of love and for savouring good food. To quote from one of Amma’s (Latha – to save the confusion) first posts:
My amma is a typical Brahmin lady with her “as shiny as marble” skin, big red pottu, “vaira thoodu” (diamond studs), “vaira mookutthi” (diamond nose ring) and nine yard podavai (saree). Her expertise in the kitchen is legendary. She’s never had good eyesight, with one blind eye and a high power that no technology can counter in the other. Her culinary skills are so highly developed that she cooks with the aid of an impeccable sense of smell. So you can imagine how difficult it is to beat her standards.
This is the 200th post on our blog – and this post is dedicated to my Patti (grandmother in Tamil), an exceptional woman, a brilliant cook and an amazing artist in her own right.
In celebration of food, these few months of blogging and life.
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Very touching post Lakshmi.And congratulations on achieving a milestone.
Congratulations to my both best friends forever on 200th post!!:)
I just read a book called “Monsoon Dairies” by Shoba Narayan who describes her ajji, a TamBram “Maami” exactly like that plus lot of turmeric on the face everyday and Talcum pd every morning just before they go to market to buy veggies!! :D
Congratulations on ur 200 th post Lathama and
lakshmi.Like u, My patti is a great inspiration for me too
congrats on your 200th post, and thank you for that inspiring video.
very beautiful Lakshmi! Hats off to paati – and she is lucky to have a lovely ponnu and another lovely pethi :-) congrats!
Great going Latha and Lakshmi :) Wishing u many more such wonderful milestones!
The description about patti is very good …she surely is very talented.
Hats off to all our Patti’s. They teach Traditions by example. Even today in the US , when I try to follow all our customs, do Friday Lakshmi poojai, prepare payasam and give kumkum and manjal to married frnds of mine, they are amazed and wonder from which planet I landed from. I consider myself somewhere in the middle of being traditional and modern. There is that special something – a satisfaction following our customs which have been inconspicuously passed over from our kollu patti’s to patti’s to amma’s to us!
I dont do all, but sometimes the little something which I can gives me so much of peace that its amazing :-) Luv our culture :) Congrats on ur 200th post. My wishes for more of such milestones.
Hey thats a touching one…congrats on your milestone…expecting many more wonders from you rocking ladies…
Congratulations on yet another milestone, Latha Maami and Lakshmi.
Congrats on your 200th post! :) Very touching post and looking forward to your next 200th posts!
Rosie x
Congrats to both of you, and thanks for the recipes and wonderful moments you’ve shared with all of us! look forward to more inspiring culinary creations:)
Hearty Congratulations both of you on your 200th post. A major milestone indeed! A very touching tribute to your grandmother, who in many ways reminded me of my own.
Congratulations on your 200th post. Your patti would be proud of you.
Congrats Latha and Lakshmi! Pattis are really great. Thanks for sharing the video.
Congratulations Latha and Lakshmi! Thanks for the great video! :)
congratulations on ur 200th post! wow! 200 alrady? i did my 100th post a few days back and felt mighty glad with it… now that i see you have a 100 more, my ‘achievement’ doesnt seem that great anymore! heheh :P congrats once again!
btw, cant see the video thanks to the IT guys at work. but i will check it out at home.
Touching post…..congratulations on your 200th post.
congrats to maami and lakshmi on 200th post. urs is truely an inspiring blog :) and i loved that video.
200th post is an outstanding achievement, congratulations.
congratulations!!!
Congrats lathama and lakshmi on your great work
Hello Lakshmi,
I am Andres, president of Thoughtware.TV. I just wanted to thank you for providing the link to us after embedding the video. I’m glad you enjoy the website and hope to meet you over there sometime.
There are many more videos just like this one, that I believe you would enjoy.
Keep up the great work and congratulations on your 200th post. :-)
Andres
http://www.thoughtware.tv
Congratulation Amma!