Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400078202)

The enchanting autobiography of the seven-time James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and acclaimed actress who taught America how to cook Indian food.

"Wistful, funny and tremendously satisfying.... Jaffrey's taste memories sparkle with enthusiasm, and her talent for conveying them makes the book relentlessly appetizing." --The New York Times Book Review

Whether climbing the mango trees in her grandparents' orchard in Delhi or picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with raisins and mint, tucked into freshly baked spiced pooris, Madhur Jaffrey's life has been marked by food, and today these childhood pleasures evoke for her the tastes and textures of growing up. Following Jaffrey from India to Britain, this memoir is both an enormously appealing account of an unusual childhood and a testament to the power of food to prompt memory, vividly bringing to life a lost time and place.

Also included here are recipes for more than thirty delicious dishes from Jaffrey's childhood.

Author: Madhur Jaffrey
ISBN-10: 1400078202
ISBN-13: 9781400078202
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2007
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.26w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/18/2007 pg. 28