{"product_id":"the-kerala-kitchen-expanded-edition-9780781814447","title":"The Kerala Kitchen Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A delightful, evocative, sumptuous menu, redolent of fresh green paddy fields, coconut palms swaying in the breeze, and the pungent spices of the Malabar coast . . . mouth-watering and heart-warming!\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eShashi Tharoor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFormer UN Undersecretary General and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Indian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I have never read a cookbook from cover to cover in one sitting, but then \u003ci\u003eThe Kerala Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e is so much more than a cookbook:  It is travelogue, memoir and food diary. What better way to understand the community of Syrian Christians of Kerala—my community—than through our appetites.  I was transported back to my grandmother’s kitchen and I could hear the mustard seeds bursting and smell the delicious curries brewing in the clay pots she heated on a stove that was no more than a tripod of bricks with coconut husks as fuel.   \u003ci\u003eThe Kerala Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e is a must . . . the easy and elegantly described recipes, the primer on spices and their uses, make these dishes accessible to all.  Enjoy!”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAbraham Verghese\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Here you will find clear recipes for the best of Kerala's fine foods, written with great love by someone who has been a part of that culinary tradition since birth.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Madhur Jaffrey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Kerala Kitchen is that most marvelous of cookbooks—where the stories are as good as the recipes. It makes me hungry, and it makes me want to travel to the Kerala that Lathika George conjures so evocatively. This is a book that is for anyone who's interested in India, or in eating well.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSuketu Mehta, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eMaximum City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865875001687,"sku":"9780781814447","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780781814447.jpg?v=1722275997","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-kerala-kitchen-expanded-edition-9780781814447","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}