A customer reviewing Farhana's cookbook on Sale at Gelson's Gourmet Markets in California
Joanne Weir
The Book's Foreword
The foreword for 'Flavorful Shortcuts to Indian/Pakistani Cooking, was so generously written by my favorite television personality and the talented chef and cooking teacher Ms. Joanne Weir. Ms. Joanne Weir has won numerous awards for her creative talents in the world of cooking. I have been a fan of Joanne since the early nineties, when I started following her fun filled and highly informative cooking shows on PBS. Every Saturday at mid morning the TV at my café would be on PBS tuned to her show. Her creativity and ease of style in the kitchen is amazing to watch
Cooking Class at De Anza Park in Calabasas, California
About This Book
Simplified recipes - Clarified steps – Clear-cut Instructions...
I realized through my classes that cooks interested in cooking Indian, were sometimes overwhelmed by the way some recipes were put together and the long list of too many unfamiliar ingredients and tedious steps listed. I started presenting in my classes as simple a way of cooking Indian as possible, so people who wanted to cook Indian would be more encouraged to do so in the comfort of their own kitchens!
About Farhana Sahibzada
Farhana Sahibzada is originally from Lahore, Pakistan. She is the former chef and owner of cinnamon STIX, a café and catering business she established and operated in Woodland Hills, California.
Farhana has been teaching Indian/Pakistani cooking for over 20 years in southern California. In addition to teaching classes at her café she has taught cooking classes for Pierce College, Let’s get cookin’ in
Westlake Village, Gelson’s super Markets, Williams Sonoma, Whole Foods Markets, The culinary art’s college at the Art’s Institute in Santa Monica California (where she is a regular visiting guest chef and
instructor), Southern California’s Culinary Institute in South Pasadena(currently Le Cordon Bleu) California and many other local cooking schools and gourmet food
markets.
Her classes focus on simplifying the art of Indian cooking and offer simple and quick versions for
classic and popular recipes of the Indian/Pakistani
cuisine.
Farhana is emerging as a noted authority on the subject of Indian/Pakistani cuisine, and is often invited for speaking engagements on the subject by local culinary colleges, coking schools and cultural centers
and city museums.
Her husband Afzal Sahibzada, M.D. a doctor of internal medicine with his private practice in Canoga Park, California is the nutritional coah and guru behind her health focused culinary work.
In addition to cooking her native cuisine, Farhana’s interest and passion of cooking also includes
gourmet American and European desserts and pastries.
Recently, Farhana’s cooking classes were voted ‘A Top Event’ by L.A. Weekly in the BEST OF L.A.
