The Vegetarian Parsi: Inspired by Tradition by Niloufer Mavalvala. Published in 2022 by Spenta Multimedia Private Limited, 10, Sun Paradise Business Plaza, Lower Parel (W), Bombay, 400013; website: www.spentamultimedia.com. Pp: 160. Price: Rs 900, USD 19.99, GBP 16.99.
"When vegetables are a part of a food conversation, it generally entails a snigger and some scorn and a hint of condescension,” chef and author Niloufer Mavalvala (pictured) says in the Introduction to The Vegetarian Parsi: Inspired By Tradition. She adds, "My generation certainly had to eat their vegetables or were sent to bed hungry.” Parsis do eat vegetables, avers the Karachi-born-Canada-based writer.
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