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Mail Today and Indian Restaurant Spy, December 27, 2016 BOOK DETAILS CHILLIES AND PORRIDGE: WRITING FOOD By Mita Kapur HarperCollins India; Rs 499 STAR RATING: ***1/2 MOST people pigeonhole food writing into restaurant reviews and cookbooks, even as the latter stare into obsolescence because of the mushrooming of cookery websites and recipe-sharing groups on Facebook. There’s however a “distinguished strand of literature”, not so much from India as from Europe and North America, that explores food experiences, food history, food […]

Rediff, December 21, 2015 Mita Kapur has an irresistible love affair… and she’s willing to do anything to keep it going. When we talk about the F-word, we mean food. Nothing can stand between Mita Kapur and her first love. She can do anything for it, even pen a droolworthy book or two. More importantly, she’s always looking for a bite to eat 🙂 She’s candid about her love for food. “A crisp malpua made at home cannot be matched […]

Culture Cravings, December 19, 2015 Almost everyone I know, has at least one or more memories related with food. If I talk about myself, it would probably be the time when I was in standard ninth, coming up with a tastefully decorated salad which nobody ate because it looked so pretty, that no-one felt like disturbing the plate. I didn’t know whether to feel offended or not! A couple of days ago, I attended the book launch of Chillies and […]

The Telegraph, December 18, 2015 CHILLIES AND PORRIDGE: WRITING FOOD (HarperCollins, Rs 499) edited by Mita Kapur makes up for the lack of serious literature on culinary habits and practices. It brings together a number of noted scholars, journalists and writers in an effort to reconsider the ways in which food affects our lives. Bachi Karkaria shows how food is used to define the identities of communities, as of Parsis or Bengalis. Chitrita Banerji’s delightful piece on the Bengali bonti […]

Hindustan Times, December 18, 2015