{"product_id":"annapurnas-bounty-veena-gokhale-9781459754591","title":"Annapurna's Bounty: Indian Food Legends Retold","description":"\u003cb\u003eMingling sweet, sour, and spicy notes, this inspiring retelling of diverse food legends from India, paired with delicious recipes, will feed mind, body, heart, and soul.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnapurna, the Goddess of Nourishment, presides over a rich harvest of stories reimagined for the twenty-first-century palate. Here, food manifests as ploy, bargain, symbolic communication, a bone of contention, a lesson, as it weaves through the lives of a cast of characters -- kings and commoners, witches and goddesses, gurus and bandits, refugees and travellers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach story is followed by a vegetarian recipe offered up by a character. Gathered from the four corners of India, there are well-known dishes like nourishing dal and irresistible mango lassi, novelties like avial and Bengali khichari, as well as a new twist on beloved foods, such as samosas with a peas and coconut filling. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInfused with humane values, expertly blending the timeless and the contemporary, the magical and the everyday, encompassing East, West, and the in-between, this fusion of fiction and food will delight and inspire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Veena Gokhale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 145975459X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459754591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Veena Gokhale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46217184248063,"sku":"9781459754591","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_431ba080-e3e3-4e7c-88e1-7164e607619d.jpg?v=1728514507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/annapurnas-bounty-veena-gokhale-9781459754591","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}