| Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (with Recipes) Contributor(s): Jaffrey, Madhur (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400078202 ISBN-13: 9781400078202 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: From a highly regarded writer on Indian food comes this enchanting and delightful memoir of growing up in Delhi. An enormously appealing account of an unusual childhood, Jaffreys story is also a testament to the power of food to prompt memory. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Culinary - Cooking | Essays & Narratives |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.26" W x 7.96" (0.66 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The enchanting autobiography of the seven-time James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and acclaimed actress who taught America how to cook Indian food. Whether climbing the mango trees in her grandparents' orchard in Delhi or picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with raisins and mint, tucked into freshly baked spiced pooris, Madhur Jaffrey's life has been marked by food, and today these childhood pleasures evoke for her the tastes and textures of growing up. Following Jaffrey from India to Britain, this memoir is both an enormously appealing account of an unusual childhood and a testament to the power of food to prompt memory, vividly bringing to life a lost time and place. Also included here are recipes for more than thirty delicious dishes from Jaffrey's childhood. |