Comments on: Jehangir Mehta's Brilliant Breakaway Indian Creations

By: Rushi

Rushi — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:16:12 +0000

To break away from the regular cookbooks & since the topic refers to indian cooking.

I would recommend you a cook who diggs up traditional recipes but ones that are truly different.

Search for Marut Sikka’s cookbook.
If u visit http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/video/videolistings.aspx?CategoryKeyword=food

Look out for a show called ‘Lock Stock & Two smoking Tikka’s’
If you can bare the annoying way he speaks, u will discover some really amazing recipes.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:53:36 +0000

Stuart, I was thinking more along the lines of keeping it within this community. But Helen’s idea of doing it at the FM is a possibility — thanks Helen.

By: helen

helen — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:24:56 +0000

Eric,

One of the farmer’s market in Vancouver hosts a cookbook exchange twice a year and have been very successful with it. Perhaps you should propose the idea to the Marin Farmers Market.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:00:01 +0000

“Now you have me wondering about a possible cookbook exchange. Maybe I should try to figure out how we could all toss our to-be recycled cookbooks into a big pile, and everyone could just take whatever they wanted, for free?”

Eric, there is a way! Freecycle.org I use it a lot…but never for cookbooks!

I’ll have to check out the book…

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:45:04 +0000

Man, there is so much “me too”-ism in cookbooks it’s really quite stunning.

Now you have me wondering about a possible cookbook exchange. Maybe I should try to figure out how we could all toss our to-be recycled cookbooks into a big pile, and everyone could just take whatever they wanted, for free?

By: Karena

Karena — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:22:49 +0000

I just ordered a copy from Powell’s Books–crammed shelves be damned!

To Helen’s point about cookbooks featuring roast chicken, I recently thumbed through a cookbook authored by a chef at a famous Northern California restaurant. A “recipe” that stopped me in my tracks was for sliced tomatoes with salt. As did the “recipe” for soft boiled eggs. I was dumbstruck.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:54:40 +0000

I’m here to report that gojiberries in oatmeal are indeed very good. :^)

Helen, amen! The world just can’t seem to get enough identical recipes for roasting chicken!

By: helen

helen — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:51:07 +0000

I have this book too! Came across it at a bookstore a few months back and bought it on impulse because it looks so interesting and different. The last thing I need is yet another recipe for roasting chickens, or baking muffins.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:15:21 +0000

Goji oatmeal sounds really good, Karena; I think I will make some tomorrow morning.

Madness indeed!

By: stephanie

stephanie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:32:14 +0000

This is madness! I must get my hands on this book. I was just thinking seriously about Indian cuisine too.

Thanks for sharing!