Topic: unlocking the taste have your say.

[Stephen Lindsay]

I too will support Chris' book, not least because he is a member here but also because the very act of sharing his love of curry cookery demands that support. There is however a dilemma, which is not about Chris but about the process of taking a recipe from paper to pan.

It's a bit like all those guitar mags and videos that promise to turn you into a guitar god. There's lots of competent guitarists around but as ever only the few stand out.

Guitar Video = Recipe Book
Guitar God = A bit of talent and loads of practice

No book can promise to make you a BIR chef. Like the missing 5%, it is not a holy grail.

[curryhell]

I too will support Chris' book, not least because he is a member here but also because the very act of sharing his love of curry cookery demands that support. There is however a dilemma, which is not about Chris but about the process of taking a recipe from paper to pan.

It's a bit like all those guitar mags and videos that promise to turn you into a guitar god. There's lots of competent guitarists around but as ever only the few stand out.

Guitar Video = Recipe Book
Guitar God = A bit of talent and loads of practice

No book can promise to make you a BIR chef. Like the missing 5%, it is not a holy grail.

Very succinct with very valid points SL.  Support your views entirely and will support the forthcoming e-book.

[Whandsy]

I too will support Chris' book, not least because he is a member here but also because the very act of sharing his love of curry cookery demands that support. There is however a dilemma, which is not about Chris but about the process of taking a recipe from paper to pan.

It's a bit like all those guitar mags and videos that promise to turn you into a guitar god. There's lots of competent guitarists around but as ever only the few stand out.

Guitar Video = Recipe Book
Guitar God = A bit of talent and loads of practice

No book can promise to make you a BIR chef. Like the missing 5%, it is not a holy grail.

I'd happily pay him now just for the bit about unlocking the flavours, never mind all the recipes and vids

W

[haldi]

I'd like to see him do another promotional video, it was very entertaining
I want to buy the pdf too,  but the video was really something
My whole family watched it
There never have been, more dramatic pauses

[sp]

There never have been, more dramatic pauses

No offence meant to Chris but i think for future videos a script and rehearsal would really help for delivery and timing - the long pauses (like in Chris' other videos) are offputting and make it falsely appear as if he is either struggling to find the words to describe something or just winging it and trying to think of things to say on the hoof to fill time.

[h4ppy-chris]

Thanks for the support 

[sp]

forgot to mention which dishes i'd like to see covered - madras, vindaloo and pakoras with sauce (the one with the tomato and mint and consistency of chinese sweet & sour sauce)

thank you, looking forward to the book 

[Garabi Army]

There never have been, more dramatic pauses

No offence meant to Chris but i think for future videos a script and rehearsal would really help for delivery and timing - the long pauses (like in Chris' other videos) are offputting and make it falsely appear as if he is either struggling to find the words to describe something or just winging it and trying to think of things to say on the hoof to fill time.

I think you are completely off the mark, Chris is not an actor, he delivers what he wants to say in an honest natural way. Would you rather have someone sounding like they are from the shopping channel?

[Peripatetic Phil]

I think you are completely off the mark, Chris is not an actor, he delivers what he wants to say in an honest natural way. Would you rather have someone sounding like they are from the shopping channel?

I think that Haldi was trying to be genuinely helpful.  Had I not been concerned about hurting Chris's feelings, I might well have written something along the same lines.  Chris is clearly keen to promote his forthcoming e-book, but as promotional videos go, his lacks a little something; if a script and one or two run-throughs can make the next one a little more polished, then that can only help Chris and his potential sales.  When I first started delivering papers at conferences (longer ago than I like to remember), I found it absolutely essential to have a script, and to have timed run-throughs until I was confident I could deliver the paper effectively and to time.  As I gained experience, I learned that the script and the written paper are as different as chalk and cheese, and my talks improved as a result.  After a while, I felt I had the confidence to deliver the papers without a script and without a run-through, but had I not used these in the first place I would probably never have been invited back to deliver any of the follow-ups.

** Phil.

[Malc.]

There never have been, more dramatic pauses

They were certainly Tony Blair in proportion.

Sorry Chris, no offence meant just light hearted humour. I wish you every success with your ebook.