Tasting India
Cookbooks Food & Drink Culinary Reference Indian Cuisine Travel & Culture Photography & Art Ethnic & Regional
Christine Manfield’s landmark 2011 hardcover “Tasting India” is the heavyweight, 480-page master-class that curry-lovers hunt for: part lavish art-book, part practical kitchen companion, and now available signed by the author herself. Open the oversized 30 cm pages and you’re met with more than 250 recipes—street-snack pani puri to royal Hyderabadi biryani—each one road-tested in Manfield’s decades of touring the sub-continent. Step-by-step instructions, spice substitutions and menu planners make the dishes genuinely achievable for Western kitchens, while the breathtaking on-location photography turns every spread into a mini-vacation to Kerala’s backwaters, Rajasthan’s deserts and Kolkata’s flower markets.
What separates this copy from the thousands of standard printings is the rare author signature and a short personal inscription in Christine Manfield’s hand, giving collectors a direct link to Australia’s most respected spice authority. The book is built to last: 3 kg of stitched, jacketed hardback that lies flat when you fold back the French flaps, so you can follow along while tempering mustard seeds or kneading naan dough. Minor shelf scuffing is noted, but internally the pages are crisp, un-creased and tightly bound—ready for another decade of turmeric-stained inspiration.
Beyond recipes, “Tasting India” is a cultural passport: essays on regional history, religious festivals and market etiquette sit side-by-side with practical guides to Indian utensils, spice storage and pairing beer or whisky with fiery food. Whether you’re a young adult expanding your palate or an experienced cook curating a world-cuisine shelf, this signed first edition delivers both reference authority and arm-chair wanderlust—an heirloom-quality volume that appreciates in value every time you turn another fragrant page.
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