[foodie52]

I'm attending this cookbook author's class this Friday night. I've leafed through the book and it's seems very thorough. Is anyone familiar with it?

[bloviatrix]

My copy is currently in transit. It's available in both paper and hard cover, but the hard is only available through special order. I've flipped through it and I'm looking forward to cook from it.

[Rachel Laudan]

I've tried a couple of things from it. They were excellent. And I have stickies on lots more recipes. As he's from the south, there is a lot of interesting material that you don't get in many Indian cookbooks.

[foodie52]

The class was amazing. He has so much knowledge and shares it brilliantly. I really learned a lot. The food was excellent. I'm thinking about an Austin mouthfuls event where everyone brings a dish from the book.

[bloviatrix]

My copy arrived Thursday. I'm looking forward to playing.

[Suzanne F]

I believe that sometime in the past he was honored by IACP as the outstanding cooking teacher. He has always seemed like a really nice guy when I've chatted with him.

So should I have a look at the book? I still need help cooking real Indian food (as opposed to my interpretations).

[lovelynugget]

Hey, maybe we can do a cooking project with this book. I wasn't planning on getting it, but if y'all like it, I can order from my book club.

[KRamsey]

Hey, maybe we can do a cooking project with this book. I wasn't planning on getting it, but if y'all like it, it's available from my book club.

I'm definitely interested in that.

[Pingarina]

Wow, looks like a great book! I'm enjoying looking through his new-ish blog.

[backstory]

I believe that sometime in the past he was honored by IACP as the outstanding cooking teacher. He has always seemed like a really nice guy when I've chatted with him.

So should I have a look at the book? I still need help cooking real Indian food (as opposed to my interpretations).

i remembered this conversation when i was at B&N today and took a look - both the massive 600 recipes book, and also the Betty Crocker Indian Cooking (Betty Crocker?

if you have tried it and liked the result i think that counts for a lot. his repertoire is quite impressive.
he starts off with the masala powders and i was bit surprised at the ingredients for sambar powder. it contains poppyseeds and cinnamon. while some regions do use cinnamon i have never seen poppyseeds in sambar powder. his kholapuri masal powder has peanuts in it, which was also surprising to me. generally peanuts are added separately whole or crushed in recipes from this region. peanuts can also turn rancid and ruin the powder if stored too long. of course these could be his own tested and tailored recipes which is fine.

if you want to follow his recipes my suggestion would be to get some of these masalas from an indian store. they do brisk business and the ready made masalas are quite fresh. the 777 brand for sambar powder is as good as home made. the one marketed by MTR will be a bit different in taste and flavor.

[lovelynugget]

Just got my copy of 660 Curries in the mail. What an attractive book! We must do a cooking project with this book.