A Taste of My Life: A Memoir in Essays and Recipes by Chitrita Banerji Iqbal He has enormous relevance today

He has enormous relevance today as a bridge between cultures

and it tells more deeply and truly how those two things are wholly entwined than any novel in recent years

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A Taste of My Life: A Memoir in Essays and Recipes by Chitrita Banerji Iqbal He has enormous relevance todayAUTHOR : CHITRITA BANERJI GENRE : NON FICTION QUICK TAKE: In this memoir, styled like a three course meal with an ironic twist, Chitrita Banerji offers an absorbing portrait of a life that has intermingled with food in moving and unexpected ways. SYNOPSIS: One of the most celebrated culinary historians of our time, Chitrita Banerji grew up in a Calcutta home devoted to food. From there she went to Harvard as a graduate student, then to Dhaka soon