The fiesty Corinne Miranda loves to cook and is never at a loss of recipes, or words. Her Restaurant, Corinne's at Candolim, a heaven for Goan food, is an extension of her zeal for life and good food.

Corinnes Miranda says it as it is. No Mincing words, no diplomacy. Her panache for stripping ogg the frills and layng her bare, her likes and dislikes may make her black and white world appear two dimensional, but this trait is merely restricted to the charcoal sketches which adorn the walls of her newly opened restaurant, corrines at Candolim. Her latest sketch of her recently past away husband, Lucio Miranda, took shape over two hours at 4.00 am, cought as she was in the emotional throes of the recent loss. Lucio's young face with piercing eyes gaze out endearingly from the potrait while the dateline reads 1970. Corinne meant it to be 2007.

While a part of Corinne may flirt with the past, she is a woman with her head peering into the future. Bubbling under her brusqueness is a temperamental nature that colours her world. After 34 years of flying with Air India ( AI ), Corinnes gave it up, one year ago, to start her restaurant. Corinne's is an extension of myself and my home. I want people to say they have had a home cooked meal when they come to eat here. If they don't like it they don't have to pay.