![]() Huge, heavy, lavishly illustrated and priced at a whopping Rs 3,000, with profits going to a charitable initiative of Apollo Hospitals, it���s an interesting product, though seems more aimed at demonstrating present prestige than discovering past cuisine.īut this same spirit is also resulting in other efforts like Dadimano Varso, the really valuable compilation of Palanpuri Jain cooking, and even a simple book of Mangalorean home cooking I found at my grocer���s. The most imposing form this nostalgia cuisine has taken is a book of the same name by Sucharitha Reddy, wife of Dr Prathap C Reddy of Apollo Hospitals. Piya in Amitav Ghosh���s The Hungry Tide is the second type of exile, who doesn���t consider herself as one, until almost unwillingly she is seduced into nostalgia as she sees her boatman Fokir preparing a meal: ���Even as she recoiled from the smell, she could not tear her eyes from his flying fingers: it was as through she were a child again, standing on the counter, beside a stove it was her mother���s hands she was watching.��� This rediscovered nostalgia is a potent force, driving desi kids like Padma Lakshmi and Anjum Anand to write books, present TV shows and sell merchandise that all serve up suitably updated nostalgia (like with olive oil, since ghee is taking nostalgia too far). Jhumpa Lahiri���s Mrs.Sen, in her story of the same name, is the first kind, slowly going to pieces in the loneliness of America, cooking inappropriately elaborate meals for which she goes to great lengths to get the right spices and fish, but nothing really works. ![]() In this remembering, and the recipes preserved, the many values of nostalgia cuisine are well demonstrated.ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.Today the exiles from India are Indians themselves, of two kinds ��� the first generation, for whom the longing for the taste of home is sharp, and the second (and now third, as well) generation, for whom it is more subtle, yet still strong. It���s a charming way of remembering a person, particularly women of a certain generation for whom food was one of the few ways they could express themselves. ![]() Just titled Mai���s Recipes, it is a simple, self published compilation of a mother���s recipes done by her children. Today the exiles from India are Indians themselves, of two kinds ��� the first generation, for whom the longing for the taste of home is sharp, and the second (and now third, as well) generation, for whom it is more subtle, yet still strong.
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