World-Wide Gourmet Recipe Collector, Edmond Masjedi, Enjoys Traveling, Fine-Dining and Culture

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Los Angeles, CA (Sharewellnewswire.com) September 20, 2012 – Dedicated entrepreneur and experienced businessman, Edmond Masjedi, Los Angeles, enjoys cooking lavish dishes rich with culture.  Cooking gourmet recipes, fine-dining, and learning about the culture of the cuisine are more than hobbies for Edmond Masjedi, they are his passions.

In his travels to countries all over the world, Masjedi has sampled some of the best cuisine in the world, at some of the most famous restaurants.  If you love to travel like Edmond Masjedi and want to visit some of the best restaurants, reference the Top 50 List for some suggestions you won’t want to miss.
 
According to the World’s 50 Best List in Restaurant magazine, the top 3 picks for 2012 are:  No. 1 -- Noma: Copenhagen, Denmark, No. 2 -- El Celler De Can Roca: Gerona, Spain; and No. 3 -- Mugaritz: Errenteria, Spain.
 
Chefs of the first place winner, Restaurant Noma, look to culture for their menu selections. “In an effort to shape our way of cooking, we look to our landscape and delve into our ingredients and culture, hoping to rediscover our history and shape our future.”   Noma boasts fare such as pike perch and cabbage, verbena and dill, and rhubarb and milk curd.
 
El Celler De Can Roca in Spain has an interesting twist on desserts: pastries based on well-known perfumes.  Also, a dish called Anarchy “gives the pleasure of the random tasting of a thousand and one flavors - 43 tiny elements on one dish: 12 creams, 7 Gelatines, 7 willows, 3 granites, 2 foams, 2 ice-creams, fruit cakes 3, 7 crunches.”
 
Mugaritz in Spain, placed third out of 50 world-wide restaurants. Murgaritz serves dishes most of us have never heard of or tried before, such as their sophisticated Bread Stew.   The stew, which is a mild garlic soup with bread, is based on a local peasant dish and is infused with Pink Geranium Leaves and crowned with soft strands of freshly-picked Crab meat. 
 
Gourmet desserts at Mugaritz include the flavorful and fun Broken Walnuts, which are chocolate walnut shells, toasted and salted, cracked open to reveal Cool Milk Cream and amber-hued Armagnac jelly. 
 
Whether you are traveling to some of world-famous restaurants like Edmond Masjedi or going out to eat in your local community, try a new, gourmet dish once in a while and make a point to learn about some of the local cuisine.  If your passion is gourmet cooking like Edmond Masjedi, peruse the unusual recipes in cookbook from a world-renowned restaurant.  Or, next time you are celebrating a special occasion, pick a restaurant or menu item that is totally new to you.
 
About Edmond Masjedi
 
Edmond Masjedi’s collects gourmet recipes from all over the world.  He loves to cook and learn about local cuisine and cultures wherever he is traveling.  
 
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Contact Info:
Edmond Masjedi
eddiemasjedi@aol.com
http://www.edmondmasjedi.com
5021 Adams Place
Suite 136, Plano TX 08807