Chitrita Banerji

Engaging and hunger-inducing! I came away from this book fascinated and awed by the sheer variety of cultures and cuisines in India. A good storyteller, Banerji does a great job of conveying the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the country's different regions, and clearly explains how dishes, even the most seemingly timeless ones, have incorporated ingredients and influences from outside and changed over the years. Some of the less common foods are fading, but thankfully "Eating India" helps preserve their memories -- and, as often happens, they may not be gone forever.… (altro)