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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
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Subject: Indian cookbooks (Re: Chickpeas in Tamarind Sauce)
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I've mentioned this before on the net, but it's probably worth repeating:
my recommendation for anyone who is just getting started with Indian cooking
is the Indian chapter in Anna Thomas' "The Vegetarian Epicure, Book II".
Thomas has a real gift for explaining the rudiments of different cuisines to
an audience for whom they are exotic and perhaps a bit intimidating (the
book also has chapters on Italian, Spanish and Mexican food, among others),
selecting recipes that use reasonably simple cooking techniques and
reasonably available ingredients.  I've tried quite a few of the recipes and
never had any fail me.  She doesn't emphasize accessibility to a North
American audience to the point of sacrificing authenticity, however; my
Gujarati girlfriend also enjoys the cookbook.

[As an interesting bit of trivia, Anna Thomas is a woman of many talents --
in addition to being a writer of cookbooks, she is an independent filmmaker.
Among other works, she and her husband directed "El Norte," a fine movie
about Guatemalan refugees.]

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