The Curry Club
since 1982

NEW September 2007
256 pages, 268 x 198 x 28 mm hardback
Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
(September 2007)
ISBN-10: 1845376196
ISBN-13: 978-1845376192
£19.99 plus £6.01 p&p

Readers in the developed world all know and love our local curryhouses, but this is not a curry book, if by curry we mean the pastiche which is served at many curryhouses outside India herself. This is a collection of recipes from real India and Pat Chapman has spent over three years travelling the length and breadth of India's twenty-six federal states collecting thousands of culinary secrets from home cooks, chefs and foodies.

The 200 recipes represent the tip of the iceberg from a country whose landmass exceeds that of Europe, has several main culinary styles; with numerous minor variations. The recipes give the reader the widest range of ingredients, tastes and methods, with all the principal signature dishes of each region included. They are in short, the dishes the reader is most likely to encounter whilst travelling in that enigmatic and contradictory land called India. They are cooked in the manner which Indian householders would be proud to offer to their friends and family. Each recipe includes a short introduction with regional or other relevant information.

Indian food began its development thousands of years ago.
At a time when Britain was covered in ice and populated with individuals in bearskins and wode, whose main activities included picking berries and clubbing to death anything alive, including each other, India was already cooking refined spicy food. To understand how India and her food evolved, the book goes on an exciting journey over the last nine millennia.
The book comes right up to date by examining modern Indian food trends. Then it explains in detail the utensils and cooking methods, spices, herbs and ingredients we need to cook Indian food.

The book is a good read, and every recipe is enjoyable and easy to cook.

Two unsolicited reader reviews of this book:
"Dear Pat, Your latest book makes for great and inspirational reading. My husband bought the book and then had to make something from it. So we had a very delicious prawn and mango strip curry. Many thanks for writing such a great book." Michelle and Mark Styles, Hexham, UK, November 2007.

"Dear Pat, I just wanted to drop you a quick message to say thank you for a truly marvellous book, India, Food and Cooking. What a terrific read, your initial chapters on the history and background are truly fascinating ... I had trouble putting it down.
I am looking forward to trying as many of those dishes as possible (so thankyou to Dominique too ! ) ......Thank you, best wishes. Nick Blanch – e-mail, 27 Dec 2007.

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