ABOUT THE RETREAT
Sirisha Bhandaru grew up in Andhra Pradesh and in Mumbai, India. She spent many summers with her grandmother, who taught her how to cook authentic dishes from scratch using homegrown ingredients. As she grew older and her family moved to different regions of India for her father’s work, she was exposed to the unique range of regional Indian cuisines. She moved to Champaign, IL nearly two decades ago. Sirisha has been a longtime local food enthusiast and uses Central Illinois ingredients to inspire her recipe development. Since 2016, Sirisha has taught dozens of cooking classes teaching regional Indian cuisines and has adjusted her recipes to highlight local and seasonally relevant ingredients. Sirisha incorporates Indian culinary arts traditions into her cooking classes with the aim of teaching her students how they can incorporate these techniques and artistry in their own cooking. In addition to cultural cuisine instruction, Sirisha also manages her popular Instagram food blog page @mycravesandraves, known for food styling, photography, food storytelling, and recipes.
At the First Annual Global Gastronomic Retreat: Sirisha will be hosting the Indian Cuisine Workshop where partipants will be helping her make a Paratha Thali for Saturday brunch.
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