All posts of Shaheen

So you want to be a pastry chef?

I’m lucky to bake cakes for a living, write about it, teach it and travel the world in the name of research. I’ve slowly paved a path for myself as my career has seen me working as a freelance food journalist, being the food editor for BBC Good Food Magazine, running a little dessert delivery […]
8 years ago
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Eclairs On My Mind

Everybody loves choux these days. At first I wasn’t a fan. Not until I tried choux with the modern, crunchy craquelin, which transformed choux buns and eclairs from soft and neutral to crumbly, textured and sweet. And when you see artists like Cedric Grolet work their magic creating a hazelnut loaded Paris Brest who wouldn’t want one? […]
9 years ago

Juices and Paletas in Mexico

We ate and drank well. Always with a large glass of juice or paletas if we were lucky. I can’t rave enough about Mexican cuisine. We ate incredibly well for barely any money at all and we felt good and healthy eating that food (two days in NYC undid it all). We would wash down […]
9 years ago

Courtyards of Mexico

Beautiful courtyards of Mexico spotted in Puebla, Oaxaca, San Miguel de Allende and Mexico City.
9 years ago

Travel Guide: 24 hours in Puebla, Mexico

Home of the famous mole poblano, the legendary city created by angels for mortals, Puebla is distinctive for it's Talavera tiles, college culture and exemplary street food.
9 years ago

My first COOKBOOK!

Cookbook announcement: A collaboration between James Beard scholar and chef Shaheen Peerbhai and chef and illustrator extraordinaire, Jennie Levitt due to be published in the spring of 2017 by Sterling (Barnes & Noble), USA.
9 years ago