{"product_id":"monsoon-diary-a-memoir-with-recipes-9780812971071","title":"Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes","description":"Shoba Narayan's \u003cb\u003eMonsoon Diary\u003c\/b\u003e weaves a fascinating food narrative that combines delectable Indian recipes with tales from her life, stories of her delightfully eccentric family, and musings about Indian culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarayan recounts her childhood in South India, her college days in America, her arranged marriage, and visits from her parents and in-laws to her home in New York City. Monsoon Diary is populated with characters like Raju, the milkman who named his cows after his wives; the iron-man who daily set up shop in Narayan's front yard, picking up red-hot coals with his bare hands; her mercurial grandparents and inventive parents. Narayan illumines Indian customs while commenting on American culture from the vantage point of the sympathetic outsider. Her characters, like Narayan herself, have a thing or two to say about cooking and about life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this creative and intimate work, Narayan's considerable vegetarian cooking talents are matched by stories as varied as Indian spices--at times pungent, mellow, piquant, and sweet. Tantalizing recipes for potato masala, dosa, and coconut chutney, among others, emerge from Narayan's absorbing tales about food and the solemn and quirky customs that surround it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shoba Narayan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.28w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812971071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e James Beard Foundation Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHOBA NARAYAN\u003c\/b\u003e has written for \u003ci\u003eTravel \u0026amp; Leisure, Gourmet, Saveur, Food \u0026amp; Wine, Newsweek, House Beautiful, The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a regular guest on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e and a recipient of the M.F.K. Fisher Award for Distinguished Writing, given by the James Beard Foundation. Narayan graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, which awarded her a Pulitzer Fellowship. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Her website is www.shobanarayan.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43792742023283,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":21.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e4360d2e-2e32-466b-9f60-e2845ebdaef3.jpg?v=1758104843","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/monsoon-diary-a-memoir-with-recipes-9780812971071","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}