Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes - Brossura

Narayan, Shoba

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ISBN 10: 0812971078 ISBN 13: 9780812971071

Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group, 2004

Riassunto

A unique memoir interweaves personal reminiscences with delicious Indian recipes and reflections about Indian and American culture, culinary traditions, and her own eccentric family. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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“Shoba Narayan is that rarity in the food world: She has both a unique story and the lyrical skills to tell it.”
—Regina Schrambling, New York Times and Los Angeles Times food writer

“A taste of a life that is exotic yet familiar, Monsoon Diary is as pungent and satisfying as a good curry. Reading it made me want to get on a plane to India—or at least eat in an Indian restaurant.” —Sharon Boorstin, author of Let Us Eat Cake: Adventures in Food and Friendship

“An entirely enchanting look at growing up in South India, in an exotic world populated by the flower woman, maamis, and the colorful and opinionated members of an extended Hindu family. Food and recipes are a powerful element in Shoba’s story—tokens of identity and a passport to freedom.”
—Nancy Novgorod, editor in chief, Travel & Leisure

"Of all the many recipe-laced stories, fictional and otherwise, that seem to be arriving in bookstores lately, Shoba Narayan's funny, bluntly honest memoir stands sharply apart from the crowd. This is fresh, wonderful writing that captures the large personalities of Narayan's extended family (her own outspoken self included) and the texture of daily life in Tamil Nadu and Kerala--a life that also happens to be filled with spicy curries, pungent chutneys, and coconut-rich stews. It is a mouth-watering book from a gifted storyteller."
—Margo True, Editor, Saveur

L'autore:

SHOBA NARAYAN has written for Travel & Leisure, Gourmet, Saveur, Food & Wine, Newsweek, House Beautiful, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. She is a regular guest on NPR’s All Things Considered Weekend and a recipient of the M.F.K. Fisher Award for Distinguished Writing, given by the James Beard Foundation. Narayan graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, which awarded her a Pulitzer Fellowship. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Her website is www.shobanarayan.com.

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• Editore: Random House Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0812971078
• ISBN 13: 9780812971071
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240