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A review by speculativebecky
Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family by Priya Krishna
5.0
Priya Krishna collaborates with her mom, Ritu Krishna, to present a glorious array of her mom’s best “Indian-ish” recipes developed over years of adapting Indian traditions for American ingredients and the palates of her American food loving kids, plus incorporating ingredients and dishes discovered in her travels. And let me tell you, I don’t think I’ve ever read a cookbook that had me this excited about trying the recipes. I want to cook EVERYTHING. These dishes look so delicious, and the book is full of drool-worthy photography (ht photographer Mackenzie Kelley and food stylist Judy Kim). Krishna constantly emphasizes how easy Indian cooking is, and seriously the bulk of these recipes have three or fewer steps and about a dozen ingredients. Bonus, if you’re vegetarian, so is almost every recipe in this book.
I like reading cookbooks straight through by reading all the introductory material and the blurbs about each dish, and this book delivers a lot of great content in those spaces. I loved learning the genesis of each dish, and Priya Krishna is so funny I was laughing out loud multiple times while reading. The book is such a bounty of love, between daughter and mother, and family and food. It’ll absolutely warm your heart, and make you want to jump into the kitchen to try Ritu Krishna’s variation on saag paneer using feta or aunt Sangeeta’s mom’s quinoa kheer. Thoroughly recommended.
I like reading cookbooks straight through by reading all the introductory material and the blurbs about each dish, and this book delivers a lot of great content in those spaces. I loved learning the genesis of each dish, and Priya Krishna is so funny I was laughing out loud multiple times while reading. The book is such a bounty of love, between daughter and mother, and family and food. It’ll absolutely warm your heart, and make you want to jump into the kitchen to try Ritu Krishna’s variation on saag paneer using feta or aunt Sangeeta’s mom’s quinoa kheer. Thoroughly recommended.