LARRY LIPSON - COSTA RICA
For fifty years Larry Lipson was the food critic for the Los Angeles Daily News and now reports from Costa Rica weekly with his thoughts and favorite picks for Food & Wine. His lovely Wife Lillian is also on hand at the Lipson Institute for advanced wine studies.
RAGHAVAN IYER - "INDIAN COOKING UNFOLDED"
Raghavan Iyer, an IACP Award–winning Teacher of the Year, is the author of 660 Curries, Betty Crocker’s Indian Home Cooking, and the James Beard Award Finalist The Turmeric Trail: Recipes and Memories from an Indian Childhood. He is also a spokesperson and consultant to General Mills, Target, and other companies. Born in Mumbai, Mr. Iyer lives with his family outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Raghavan simplifies favorite Indian dishes, removes the intimidation, condenses the steps, and limits the ingredients. His voice is clear and encouraging, his directions faultless, and his recipes authentic yet completely accessible. But it’s also the stunning new format of the book that makes this a perfect introduction to Indian food. Each section opens with a fully illustrated, full-color step-by-step foldout lesson in technique. Each of the seven foldouts will guide you through a technique, while teaching you to make one foundation recipe, such as the starter poppadums and spicy dips; roti, the homemade griddle bread; his intoxicating chicken curry; or a smoky yellow split pea dal. Do all seven, and they’ll make one knockout meal!
Following each foldout lesson are more recipes in the same category, carefully chosen to exemplify an essential element in Indian cooking—how to make ghee, paneer, raita, chutney, lassi—or expand your repertoire. There are 100 recipes in all—but unlike other Indian cookbooks, there are no complex spice blends, no hard-to-find ingredients, no list longer than 10 items, and no excessive prep time.