Comments | 50books_poc: Climbing the Mango Trees, by Madhur Jaffrey. 19.

rachelmanija in 50books_poc

Climbing the Mango Trees, by Madhur Jaffrey. 19.

Mar 13, 2009 13:41

A food-centric memoir of growing up in a huge Indian family in and around Delhi. Jaffrey became a teenager when India got its independence - a time of joy and horror, as the country gained its freedom and then tore itself apart in the violence that came with Partition ( Read more... )

food/cooking, (delicious), indian, india, asian pacific islanders, memoir, (auto)biography

Comments 6

arantzain March 13 2009, 21:01:18 UTC

This sounds absolutely fantastic. Top of my to-be-read pile.

mckennl March 13 2009, 21:55:39 UTC

oooh I love her cookbooks. Note: Jaffrey is also an actress.

b_writes March 14 2009, 20:19:36 UTC

It's amazing how children background the abuse in their lives, especially when they're only indirectly affected. This sounds excellent, and tasty!

Did you try any of the recipes?

rachelmanija March 17 2009, 04:04:49 UTC

Not YET.

b_writes March 22 2009, 19:42:58 UTC

You'll have to update us!

heyiya March 17 2009, 04:02:14 UTC

I can't believe I didn't know about this! I love Madhur Jaffrey enormously and have since I read her memoir about her childhood, Seasons of Splendour. I just ordered the audiobook of this to give my mum (who got me hooked on Jaffrey's cooking and writing) for mother's day (Sunday in the UK) so thank you for turning me on to it!