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The last I updated this space was May 2021. We're in January 2023 right now. Not to say the cookbook club hasn't been active. It has!...
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Meha Desai
- May 18, 2021
- 4 min
2021 (when the going gets tough)
Thinking about everything that the past couple of months has been makes me very anxious: the COVID situation outside fear for my near and...
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Meha Desai
- May 15, 2021
- 5 min
Bi-annual catchup (of sorts)
To say that the past 6 months have been nothing short of hell is an understatement. I thank the heavens and the stars that my immediate...
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Meha Desai
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Oct & Nov 2020
What's it like to cook regional? What's it like to cook recipes from history? October and November, both, have had us cook very tasty...
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Meha Desai
- Sep 17, 2020
- 6 min
Lockdown Cooking
The country announced a nationwide lockdown in March 2020. And the cookbook meet for March was cancelled. I will admit, I was excited...
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Shriya Kuruparan
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
Chocolate by Kirsten Tibballs
Meha had asked us a few weeks ago if we would ever be keen on trying a super fancy dessert, like the ones Kirsten Tibballs or Ana...
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Shriya Kuruparan
- Jan 26, 2020
- 2 min
The Olive and The Caper by Susanna Hoffman
It's towards the end of winter here. And Meha thought of picking something we could grill. Meat-heavy, I thought. And Greek food came to...
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Meha Desai
- Dec 21, 2019
- 2 min
Fuchsia Dunlop's Land of Fish and Rice
I've been a Fuchsia Dunlop fangirl for several years. And Shriya mentioned she'd like to attend a cookbook meet with different kind of...
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Meha Desai
- Nov 18, 2019
- 5 min
Pok Pok by Andy Ricker
While we were contemplating books through the year, Austin Bush's Food of Northern Thailand was suggested. One thing led to another and...
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Meha Desai
- Nov 17, 2019
- 2 min
Let's Make Ramen by Sarah Becan and Hugh Amano
A comic book cookbook with accessible ramen recipes for the home cook, including simple weeknight bowls, weekend project stocks, homemade...
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Meha Desai
- Oct 21, 2019
- 3 min
Nik Sharma's Season
Joravar and his wife, Priyanka, own 11 East Street Cafe (and a few other restaurants in Pune) and are also part of the cookbook club in...
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Meha Desai
- Oct 1, 2019
- 3 min
River Cottage Love Your Leftovers
I learned about Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall only a few months ago. I've put a cooking class/session at River Cottage when I travel to UK...
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Meha Desai
- Sep 23, 2019
- 1 min
New Cookbooks
As I'd gauged, surviving 6 months on a backlog of cookbooks, even for those who like to cook but don't care much for books, is difficult....
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Meha Desai
- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min
Slow & Cocktails
A huge-ish bunch of 11 people met at Adit's farmhouse on the outskirts of the city on September 22nd for cocktails and to eat the good...
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Meha Desai
- Sep 16, 2019
- 2 min
Zaitoun - Hyderabad
A week before we had this meet, someone from The Hindu asked if she could speak with me. Now, my speech isn't back to normal, someone who...
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Meha Desai
- Sep 5, 2019
- 3 min
Zaitoun
Cooking Middle Eastern fare is never a bad idea and the folk in Pune cooked out of yet another Yasmin Khan release. A bunch of us got...
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Meha Desai
- Jul 31, 2019
- 2 min
The Vietnamese Market Cookbook
After many many months, folks met in Hyderabad over a cookbook. Since I'm still unable to cook at my best, grilling meat or making a...
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Meha Desai
- Jun 28, 2019
- 1 min
Cookbooks for the rest of 2019
July 2019 - Five Morsels of Love by Archana Pidathala Link to buy - https://www.fivemorselsoflove.in/ August 2019 - Zaitoun by Yasmin...
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Meha Desai
- May 22, 2019
- 1 min
On Simple and Jerusalem...
Here's a little on Ottolenghi's popularity and how much people LOVE cooking out of his books. link: https://food52.com/blog/19937-our-coo...
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Meha Desai
- May 15, 2019
- 6 min
Backlog of Books and What We've Cooked So Far...
As the number of people on the Pune group increases, it becomes a no brainer that everyone asks for new rules, a backlog, a summary of...
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