CookSmart (7th Issue) Page36

Celebrity Pick

Kit Mak

Beauty Chef

Kit MAK obtained her degree in Hotel and Catering Management from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is now a recipe designer, a food columnist as well as a television and web-based cooking show host.

Kit is renowned for being a "chef nouveau", who likes to add a modern touch to traditional recipes by using herbs, fruits and vegetables in her dishes.

Kit was fond of TV cooking shows when she was three or four years old. Her mother also taught her a lot in cooking. Her first job, however, was not related to cooking. She devoted her spare time in cooking and sent her recipes to various magazines. A magazine eventually accepted her recipes and Kit began her career as a food columnist.

Kit observes that more and more people have adopted a healthy way of eating, and healthy food such as brown rice and vegetable oils are becoming more popular.

As the Christmas and Chinese New Year are around the corner, Kit suggested a special festival menu to CookSmart.

Starter

Fruit punch, grape juice, and salad with apple and orange slices.

Soup

Beef shank soup with mixed vegetables.

Main course

Grilled chicken with couscous cooked in broth, tomatoes and onion.

Dessert

Blueberry and mint cocktail, and rosemary pudding.