A departure for the book club, a recipe book. Dipna's family originally from India via Kenya, ended up in SW London after the exodus from Idi Amin's regime. Her grandfather and father were restaurateurs, who build their name on good, tasty, Indian cooking. Dipna, the third generation of chefs was inspired by her father's health condition to change the style of Indian cooking/recipes making them lighter and healthier while keeping the original taste and spice of the dishes. The prose could have done with some editing, but the recipes themselves were very tasty. We all made a dish and brought them together for a delicious evening discussing food, flavours, diaspora and what makes a good chef/cook.
Following on from our discussions Cindy found this link: The Great Indian Kitchen: Serving an unsavoury tale of sexism in the home.
Words used to describe it: Excellent, encouraging, discovery, educational, brand, delicious
Marks out of 10: between 8 - 10 so highly marked.
Next Book
Bolder by Carl Honore
Next Meeting
Wednesday 21 July
130 Harbord St meet at 8.15
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