India, Oct. 15 -- Actor, author and former VJ, Maria Goretti is now also popular for her cooking related content on social media. She admits that while she was always fond of eating, it was only when she turned mother that her interest in cooking developed. On world students' day, she recalls enrolling in culinary school at age 40 and not letting the symptoms of perimenopouse deter her from turning student again.

Maria (53) recalls, "My 40s were quite adventure filled. The year I turned 40, I went to culinary school, Tante Marie in the UK. The kids were small and I had to coordinate with Arshad (Warsi, actor-husband) and he had to sort his dates so one of us could be with them. My parents came to live with us, friends and family pitched ...