Authors: Jehangir Mehta, Bill Durgin (Photographer), Christopher Kelly
ISBN-13: 9780060899851, ISBN-10: 0060899859
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: May 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
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Jehangir Mehta is the chef and owner of Graffiti, a food and wine bar in New York's East Village, and the creator of Partistry, an event-management company featuring handmade confections, teas, chocolates, and hand-painted wedding cakes. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and has been a pastry chef at some of the finest restaurants in New York City, including Jean-Georges, Mercer Kitchen, Union Pacific, Compass, Aix, and Sapa. He lives in New York City with his wife.
Enter a world of adventure and indulgence in this exotic cookbook by the chef Bon AppÉtit has called "an anarchic artist of the last course."
Renowned chef Jehangir Mehta has relentlessly immersed himself in creating inventive desserts and other dishes at his new Manhattan food and wine bar, Graffiti, and as the creator of the sumptuous confections for his online store and event-management company, Partistry. He draws endless inspiration from his Indian heritage and from ayurveda, the ancient science of health and medicine. Now, in this gorgeous book?, Mehta shares his holistic approach to refreshing the body, mind, and spirit through delicious recipes using only the purest and most beneficial ingredients.
Whether you are preparing a spectacular feast for a dinner party or a simple dessert on a whim, you'll be inspired by the amazing range of ingredients in the bookfrom the most common to the rather unusual. This captivating book is perfect for anyone interested in the intersection of the culinary arts and the restorative properties of nature.
“When the mere reading of a cookbook’s index is cause enough to linger, its author must be doing something right.”