Prof. Pushpesh Pant on India: The Cookbook
By kamla bhatt • Aug 23rd, 2012Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, India, People, Video
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Prof. Pushpesh Pant has written a handful of books on Indian cuisine. His best known is India: The Cookbook published in 2010. This comprehensive book contains 1,000 recipes from different parts of India.
But, what is Indian food? What is Indian cooking? How has Indian cuisine evolved and changed over the years? How do you describe the different types of Indian cuisines? What are the best places to eat in New Delhi? What are the best places to eat in India?(Hint: Baneras or Varanasi and Sarafa bazar in Indore.) How did he develop his palate for different kinds of Indian cooking growing up in the foothills of the Himalayas in the Kumaon region? Kumaoni cuisine has a limited repertoire and tends to very simple. These and other questions are answered by Prof. Pant in this interview.
Prof. Pant started his teaching career as a 22 year old. He taught International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for over 40 years.
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Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
