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In this book, Kaumudi explores her roots in the Konkanastha and Saraswat clans, recalling her immersion in their classic Marathi cuisines. Her peripatetic childhood, spent in places as diverse as Poona, Canada, Nagaland, Hyderabad and Wales, let her taste and savour the many flavours that came her way. As an adult, her choice of journalism as a profession took her to the Bombay of the heady 1980s and ’90s, where she met the challenges of adulthood and ...
The Essential Marathi Cookbook, a modern, easy-to-use introduction to several Marathi sub-cuisines, travels across the regions and religions of Maharashtra to bring out the most authentic and appetizing recipes from the state. Journalist and chef Kaumudi Marathé presents a varied and nuanced selection ranging from the delectable entrées long associated with Maharashtra, to appetizing and unusual side dishes, and a plethora of desserts, as well ...
From its snowy northern regions to the very tip of its southern peninsula in the Indian ocean, India is filled with places of worship. A country which, according to the Mahabharata, contains thousands of tirthas (places of pilgrimage) where devotees can ford the river of life and reach the sublime shore beyond. And indeed it would be difficult to walk a mile in India without coming upon a shrine of some sort, each significant in its own way. Everyone wants to be ...