{"id":10626,"date":"2010-11-14T20:02:19","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T01:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=10626"},"modified":"2014-05-18T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T15:29:34","slug":"at-home-with-madhur-jaffrey-simple-delectable-dishes-from-india-pakistan-bangladesh-and-sri-lanka-by-madhur-jaffrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/at-home-with-madhur-jaffrey-simple-delectable-dishes-from-india-pakistan-bangladesh-and-sri-lanka-by-madhur-jaffrey\/","title":{"rendered":"At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka by Madhur\u00a0Jaffrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/11\/At-Home-with-Madhur-Jaffrey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28652\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/11\/At-Home-with-Madhur-Jaffrey.jpg\" alt=\"At Home with Madhur Jaffrey\" width=\"368\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>What perfect timing! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madhur-jaffrey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Madhur Jaffrey<\/a>&#8216;s newest cookbook makes for a toothsome companion to one of last week&#8217;s posts,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/2010\/11\/11\/indivisible-an-anthology-of-contemporary-south-asian-american-poetry-edited-by-neelajana-banerjee-summi-kaipa-and-pireeni-sundaralingam\/\">Indivisible<\/a><\/em>, the first anthology that brings together contemporary American poets who trace their roots to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Put the two titles together and you&#8217;ll be salivating over the unlimited possibilities for literary feasts: read a few choice pieces from <em>Indivisible<\/em>, then prepare and share some delectable delights from Jaffrey&#8217;s latest. Without a doubt, Jaffrey is the empress of the South Asian kitchen for the most delicious reasons and her new cookbook is a gorgeous, colorful spread for the eyes as well as the palate.<\/p>\n<p>South Asian cooking often seems &#8220;daunting,&#8221; Jaffrey admits, because of what seems to be a complex combination of just-right spices and seasonings. But Jaffrey is determined to simplify some of those recipes for you here, and even promises to &#8220;hold your hand through the entire process with clear instructions and detailed explanations.&#8221; How can you turn away from such an enticing offer as that?<\/p>\n<p>My tummy&#8217;s already rumbling again &#8230; Salmon in a Bengali Mustard Sauce, Everyday Moong Dal, Green Lentils with Green Bean and Cilantro, Peach Salad, all enhanced by the perfect cup of Masala Chai &#8230; read and eat. Read and eat some more &#8230; mmmm, mmmmm, mmmmmmm &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/at-home-with-madhur-jaffrey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10624\" title=\"At Home with Madhur Jaffrey\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/at-home-with-madhur-jaffrey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a>What perfect timing! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madhur-jaffrey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Madhur Jaffrey<\/a>&#8216;s newest cookbook makes for a toothsome companion to one of last week&#8217;s posts,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/2010\/11\/11\/indivisible-an-anthology-of-contemporary-south-asian-american-poetry-edited-by-neelajana-banerjee-summi-kaipa-and-pireeni-sundaralingam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indivisible<\/a><\/em>, the first anthology that brings together contemporary American poets who trace their roots to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Put the two titles together and you&#8217;ll be salivating over the unlimited possibilities for literary feasts: read a few choice pieces from <em>Indivisible<\/em>, then prepare and share some delectable delights from Jaffrey&#8217;s latest. Without a doubt, Jaffrey is the empress of the South Asian kitchen for the most delicious reasons and her new cookbook is a gorgeous, colorful spread for the eyes as well as the palate.<\/p>\n<p>South Asian cooking often seems &#8220;daunting,&#8221; Jaffrey admits, because of what seems to be a complex combination of just-right spices and seasonings. But Jaffrey is determined to simplify some of those recipes for you here, and even promises to &#8220;hold your hand through the entire process with clear instructions and detailed explanations.&#8221; How can you turn away from such an enticing offer as that?<\/p>\n<p>My tummy&#8217;s already rumbling again &#8230; Salmon in a Bengali Mustard Sauce, Everyday Moong Dal, Green Lentils with Green Bean and Cilantro, Peach Salad, all enhanced by the perfect cup of Masala Chai &#8230; read and eat. Read and eat some more &#8230; mmmm, mmmmm, mmmmmmm &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1774,52,53,20,296,471],"tags":[5643,6608,59,109,111,3420],"class_list":["post-10626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-readers","category-bangladeshi","category-indian","category-indian-american","category-nonfiction","category-pakistani","category-sri-lankan","tag-at-home-with-madhur-jaffrey","tag-bookdragon","tag-cultural-exploration","tag-food","tag-how-to","tag-madhur-jaffrey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka by Madhur\u00a0Jaffrey - BookDragon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/at-home-with-madhur-jaffrey-simple-delectable-dishes-from-india-pakistan-bangladesh-and-sri-lanka-by-madhur-jaffrey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka by Madhur\u00a0Jaffrey - BookDragon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What perfect timing! 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