India: The Cookbook by Pushpesh Pant - Hardcover

It great book for Indian cuisine

Molto contento del libro e delle ricette. Finora il miglior ricettario di cucina Indiana che abbia mai comprato.

Um livro completo, cobrindo as mais diferentes receitas da India. Encontrei nele receitas fáceis de fazer. Deliciosas.

This cookbook has a great number of full-colour photographs, but the bulk of the tome is comprised of pages which appear nearly like newsprint on single-coloured paper. It feels like a sort of food-based telephone directory, and I, for one, find its utter lack of pretentiousness completely charming. Haven't we all seen enough overproduced high-gloss vanity projects chock full of beautifully staged food which nonetheless seems absolutely unappetizing? Use your imagination to great effect here and learn the ingredients by working with them in a hands-on manner. Experience will prove a far better teacher than following a book which reads like a wiring diagram. Some of the descriptions are a bit vague, true, but to pad a 815-page doorstop like this would be a bit unnecessary. The recipes are fascinating, and history about the food traditions of various regions is at the beginning of the book so as to not weigh down the recipes themselves with idle nattering about someone's 17-stop train journey or their pilgrimage to get a single leaf from a tree on a mountaintop or such nonsense. You're here to learn about food, right? Then roll up your sleeves and hop to it!

Livro espetacular. Recomendo a amantes da cozinha indiana ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is not my first Phaidon Press book, and that was for a reason. They are like an encyclopaedia of ethnic food, written by a subject-matter expert. But as well as their 'data' content, they are masterpieces of graphic design and typesetting, as befits a printing house that started as a publisher of Art books - beautifully put together, with quirky little touches - Mexico comes with a paper lace outer cover, India comes in a shopping bag of the sort you would see in any Indian market. Page references are like the little paper price sticker you see in every ethnic market. Well organised, beautifully photographed, they are as much a pleasure to read as they are to use for reference. My wife is not a cook and she couldn't wait to browse through it and find me recipes to make, excitedly exclaiming over some as-yet untried regional speciality. From a cooks logistical perspective, every recipe details the number of item or servings, the region the dish comes from, the reference page for photos, etc. in a clear easy-to-read font, with two ribbon bookmarks - one for dinner, one for starter or dessert. Despite its size the paper used is relatively lightweight, without feeling it is going to be delicate or see-through, so the book stays open at the page. Well made, stitched and glued, it will last for years. Now I need to save up to buy China and The Silver Spoon to go with my other Phaidon books. And maybe Greece, Turkey and Mezze... I need a second job.