Priya Krishna

A young food writer's witty and irresistible celebration of her mom's "Indian-ish" cooking--with accessible and innovative Indian-American recipes

Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family

Indian-Ish

Archita Birla

i think this book is a good intro to indian home cooking, for a non desi person, but i think it's very important to keep in mind that it's not representative of all of india, or even north india, this is simply one family's way of cooking. 

a lot of the recipes felt (to me) incredibly simple, before i remember to take a step back, and recognize that the recipes feel simple to me because a) they are recipes of daily life and cooking and b) they are the routine recipes that many indian families (mine included!) use.

more than anything, i loved the book because it feels like a love letter from priya to her mom and also her family, and for that it made my heart very happy!!

priya's life has also been quite different from mine in many ways. her parents immigrated here in the 1980s, whereas we came in 1999/2000. Her mother traveled for work routinely, whereas mine was home 7 out of 7 days a week. priya and her sister were born here, whereas anchita and i moved here as babies. 

despite our differences, and my intial expectations about the book/priya, i really loved it, and i think it is wonderful for new home cooks who want an intro to indian cuisine. 

also: do cookbooks count as books lol?

Indian-Ish Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family

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