There are few things that surprise in the literary world since the perspective of the design itself of a book of kitchen . They can be books with more or less colors, with creative images or drawings, mounted with materials different or even round or multiple shapes.
Sometimes, we forget that we are not all the same. That, even if we have a book with an impeccable design, a cover almost perfect and delicate pages, not everyone will be able to read it so easily.
I guess the literary printers don't want to risk much, nor do I think that "different" books have many followers in the trading market. few sales! Bad business, as some economist would say.
But still, from time to time a star appears that shines in the literary world, and, this time, brims with passion in the field of cooking and yes, it is a book for everyone.
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The brand of kitchen utensils Maggi with the Dorina Nowill Foundation for the blind, from Brazil. They have recently presented the first cookbook for blind and visually impaired people . It called Cooking Blindly (more or less… “Blind cooking” )
A guide designed to promote autonomy and well-being through cooking which, as you will discover, it is quite original and very well thought out.
The Cooking Blindly book is a sensory guide to 130 pages that also incorporates different utensils adapted that aims to stimulate the senses to its maximum expression.
As we have commented, the book focuses on exploring the experience that passes through the senses and is explored…
Recognize the ingredients through the smell . The book contains 37 herbal aromas and spices . Most used in the kitchen traditional Brazilian, and different cheeses for your recognition and identify by the corresponding smell.
Book with braille text and raised figures relief . It raises 15 dishes with suggestions for make them with a high relief; three animal protein maps, with different densities for each type of cut; 23 kitchen utensils, exemplified with different textures; in addition to all the written and readable content in braille.
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Transcription of each page and immersion with audio . 64 QR codes appear (For reading with mobile phones), with audio transcription of the 130 pages of the guide.
In addition to being accessible content for those who do not read in braille, is also an immersive experience that explores, apart from the text, the sounds of the kitchen.
The book is presented with adapted design and letters big . Letters with enlarged fonts, in braille and optimized contrasts, to facilitate reading before different types of visual impairments, such as low vision, blur or vision.
The book explores popular and tasty recipes. 15 Brazilian cuisine recipes, from the easiest to the most complex . With the culinary technical support of the team of Nestlé Recipes, different dishes were selected for various meals: salads, pasta, meat, desserts, as well as soup and cake.
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Even though it sounds crazy. The book also has a set of adapted utensils – basic tools of all kitchen – which are incorporated in its final part, with a kind of attached box.
In addition to the textual content and the transcription of the images in audio, the sound project of the guide provides sounds kitchen to create a sensory immersion for the blind people.
But... this cookbook for the blind it's purchasable? Well, for the moment and unfortunately, it seems that No. The guide can be consulted at the headquarters of the Foundation Dorina Nowill and see all the features of this magnificent project from the official website at Cozinhaascegas.com.
And in case you didn't know, there is a blind urban architect that is showing that cities can be improved if they we see from another perspective.
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