My wife is part of a book club where they all ready the same book and the get together to talk about it. Each time they meet at one of the members houses and that person is supposed to provide something to eat. Ideally, the food is somehow related to the book that they will be discussing. This month, the meeting was at our house and the book was Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri . It is a set of short stories about the Indian American experience. So, I was tasked to make Indian food. I love cooking unusual (for me) foods, and this was a great challenge. Fortunately, I had the perfect cookbook for the task: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking by Yamuna Devi. My version was published in 1987, but the recipes are still fresh. This evening, my menu included: Simple Yellow Rice (pg 11) Chickpea and Ginger root salad (pg 363) Crispy-fried Eggplant slices (pg 461) Garden Tomato Soup (pg 241) Spiced Creamed Spinach (pg 259) Everything was very tasty. The book club loved the food and ...
Hospitality and Food along with a little Jewish content. These are the records of our weekends with guests. Meals are rarely less than 10 people and frequently top 20. Recipes and Philosophy included.