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Moonlight madness and picnics, Manjari Chatterji

eng

illustrations

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short stories

Moonlight madness and picnics

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Manjari Chatterji

Everyone eats but how, when and where we eat makes a difference; thus a moonlight picnic is a heck of a lot more fun than a formal dinner with people who mean nothing to you. Or a cherished seasonal food eaten in the long vanished childhood past will acquire a magical aura with the distance of time. Moonlight Madness and Picnics is about food, memories and sharing food with family and friends without whose sharing food is merely a necessary chore. The recipes are shared in the spirit of offering something precious and highly personal as they are nuggets of history - ingredients, techniques and rituals - that brought them into existence. Whether you like a PB&J or a five course organic dinner, the author hopes that you will find something to enjoy and savor in these stories

Introduction -- The princess and the pea-laff -- Spotted Dick and meals to remember -- Shinni -- The lady's not for burning -- In Flanders fields -- Sankrantir pithe-puli -- Easter rebellion -- General Booth goes marching on! -- Big food takes over -- By their fruits ye shall know them -- The bachelor and his wife -- Khirer Putul -- Spring ephemerals -- Pheku Daam and his cheese-toast -- Metle chachari -- The price of smells -- Ilish Mach -- Midnight madness and picnics -- Mother's milk