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		<title>World Vegetarian Cookbook</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/cookbooks/8780/world-vegetarian-cookbook-sarah-brown</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>koshkha</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Brown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Brown's World Vegetarian Cookbook was given to me by a friend who knows I love to travel and that I don't eat meat. Clever girl! It looked like she picked a good one. Unfortunately she didn't realise that I'm a lazy cook who hardly ever follows a recipe. For a cookbook to make an impact on my lazy ways it needs to be pretty special – luckily this one fits the bill.

The book sat on my cookbook shelf for several years before I eventually needed help and inspiration to come up with some tasty ideas during a couple of enforced fortnights of strict vegetarianism. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Hit the Road</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/travel-books/8738/hot-tea-across-india-rishad-saam-mehta</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Basu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rishad Saam Mehta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The book is an accumulation of the columns that Mehta wrote for various papers, including HT Brunch. A compendium of some of the road trips that he took across India. Mehta’s chosen to group them according to all the chai stalls that he met on the road. ‘There’s not a highway, road or dirt track in India where you can’t find a cup of chai whenever you want it’ he writes and so he sets out to write about travelling down India’s rickety or mountainous roads fuelled by a passion for seeing new places and cups of tea. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Intricacies of a Subtle Cuisine</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/cookbooks/8686/gujarati-kitchen-family-recipes-for-the-global-palate-bhanu-hajratwala</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Basu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bhanu Hajratwala]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I remember a friend’s mother teaching me how to make a kadhi with mango juice and cumin seeds. She was a Gujarati and a great cook – whenever I went to visit her son, a small plateful of snacks would appear like magic or an invitation to lunch. And thanks to her, I grew to appreciate the wonderful variety of vegetarian dishes that her westernised son occasionally sniffed at. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The East Indian Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/cookbooks/7405/the-east-indian-kitchen-michael-swamy</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Basu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cookbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Swamy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All recipes have some kind of historical significance to them. How they originated, where they originated and why they are the way they are. In The East Indian Kitchen, Michael Swamy sets out to trace the culture, traditions and culinary practices followed by the East Indians - of Mumbai, who were the original inhabitants of the seven islands that formed Mumbai and who converted to Christianity after the Portuguese arrived in the islands. The book in the end turns into a very personal search for culinary roots and origins written by a chef who studied at the Cordon Bleu Culinary School in London, who has worked as a food stylist for Indian TV channels and whose grandmother is East Indian.

The East Indian Kitchen is the second edition of Swamy’s book Enduring Flavours, which was based on the way the East Indian community had adapted to changing times. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>South Indian Spice</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/cookbooks/7104/chettinad-kitchen-food-and-flavours-from-south-india-alamelu-vairavan</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 13:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Basu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alamelu Vairavan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chettinad food is known for its spicy hot flavours, that can bring tears to the eyes of those unused to encounters with chillis. In the last few decades it has been making its presence felt in five star hotels and offering foodies an alternative to the traditional South Indian vegetarian cuisine. Alamelu Vairavan’s third book makes few concessions for Western readers like offering mild spice variants, even though she herself is based in Wisconsin.  In this book she has listed 170 recipes, clustered under different headings to make the book easy to navigate.

Each recipe has a detailed list of ingredients including the traditional sambar  - there are nine varieties to choose from – six different rasams, including prawn and chicken, chutneys and tamarind rice,  though the recipes in this book are primarily non vegetarian, since that is what Chettinad food is famous for.  From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Food and Cooking of Slovenia</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/cookbooks/6483/the-food-and-cooking-of-slovenia-janez-bogataj</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Janez Bogataj]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Janez Bogataj’s The Food and Cooking of Slovenia has the look and feel of a fairytale book and, looking at the beautiful photographs and reading the names of some of the dishes, you might be forgiven for thinking there’s something almost other worldly here. Famed for its beautiful mountain scenery, myriad castles and picturesque medieval towns rather than its cuisine, Slovenia is not a country that springs to mind when talking about the great culinary traditions of Europe. It does borrow fairly heavily from its neighbours – in the western part of the country in particular pizza is very good, while most restaurants in the east will rustle up a hearty gulasch – but there is a strong gastronomic tradition if you know where to go and seek it out. From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>The Doctors in Your Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2011/cookbooks/5406/how-the-banana-goes-to-heaven-and-other-secrets-of-health-from-the-indian-kitchen-ratna-rajaiah</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Basu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratna Rajaiah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Food writer Ratna Rajaiah has put together a book that adds new insights to the familiar ingredients of Indian cookery. What she does do is take coconuts and chillies, mangoes and jackfruit, ragi and channa dal, ghee and jaggery, mustard seeds and curry leaves and reintroduce them to us by delving into the pages of history. 

She goes back to vedic times for the evolution of rice, though in one of its simplest forms, the humble conjee or kanji, and talks about how the word for rice was actually used in Asian countries as a synonym for food. 
From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>A Delicious Potpourri</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/3544/kerala-kitchen-recipes-and-recollections-from-the-syrian-christians-of-south-india-lathika-george</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/3544/kerala-kitchen-recipes-and-recollections-from-the-syrian-christians-of-south-india-lathika-george#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anjana Basu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lathika George]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While containing 150 recipes that encapsulate the richness of Syrian-Christian cooking, 'The Suriani  Kitchen' also gives you a sneak peek at George’s family secrets. She had a beautiful aunt who faded away tragically young from a broken heart. Her grandmother, that matriarch normally draped in traditional voluminous veilings, took medicinal mud baths in the courtyard of their family house in Kerala every Tuesday wearing only a thin sheet.]]></description>
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		<title>Cupboard Love</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/3343/cupboard-love-by-tom-norrington-davies</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/3343/cupboard-love-by-tom-norrington-davies#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Norrington-Davies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you don't have the time or culinary skills to follow in the footsteps of celebrity chefs but won't be satisfied with ready meals that take just a few minutes in the microwave, Tom Norrington-Davies' 'Cupboard Love' could be the ideal cookbook for you. The idea is to establish an up-to-date version of an old-fashioned larder in your kitchen. This may entail an initial outlay to build up a well-stocked cupboard, but once you have the basic ingredients you can produce a variety of home-made dishes with the addition of fresh produce in a short time and without too much fuss.
From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk]]></description>
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		<title>Good Housekeeping Cookery Book</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/3201/good-housekeeping-cookery-book</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/3201/good-housekeeping-cookery-book#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cookbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I did think it might be useful to have a recipe book just in case, and bought The Good Housekeeping Cookery Book for as little as one pound as part of an introductory offer when I joined a book club. It went up on the top shelf of the bookcase, and there it stayed until I thought I would check its advice on roasting the Christmas turkey.]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy Eating for Lower Cholesterol</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/health-mind-and-body/3148/healthy-eating-for-lower-cholesterol</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/health-mind-and-body/3148/healthy-eating-for-lower-cholesterol#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 22:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cookbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health, mind and body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cholesterol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From www.curiousbookfans.co.uk - This is an excellent recipe and information book, although I was perhaps expecting more emphasis on foods containing insoluble fibre such as oat bran which are said to have a positive effect on lowering cholesterol. As it is, the emphasis is on a low-fat diet with plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables and fish, which would surely benefit a great number of people.]]></description>
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		<title>Leiths Baking Bible</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/2151/leiths-baking-bible</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/2151/leiths-baking-bible#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kingfisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cookbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Burrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Spaul]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was little my mum was always baking cakes and pies etc and I really enjoyed helping her. However, in this busy day and age, the art of home baking seems to be dying out a bit &#8211; there are so many ready-made cakes and pies to buy, and I guess we are all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 Great Curries of India</title>
		<link>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/1768/50-great-curries-of-india</link>
		<comments>http://www.curiousbookfans.co.uk/2010/cookbooks/1768/50-great-curries-of-india#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frangliz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cookbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camellia Panjabi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Camellia Panjabi leaves no stone unturned for Western lovers of her country&#8217;s food in this little book that is more than just a collection of recipes. Following an introduction there is a page with a map alongside on culinary India, and then a chapter on The Philosophy of Indian Cuisine. This is followed by Why [...]]]></description>
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