SITA’S KITCHEN - Softcover

Khanna, Raghav

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9355201893 ISBN 13: 9789355201898

Publisher: Rupa Publications India, 2021

Synopsis

A coming of age story ,a journey of a self- taught chef from the Himalayas as she navigates the cut throat world of gourmet kitchen. She was told, ‘ Girls belong in the kitchen’ , but her destiny was to rule it as a chef. ondon-based restaurateur Arun and his assistant Ben are on a business trip. They stop at a roadside café in Himachal Pradesh and are astonished with its Europeanooks and Italian menu. A cynical Arun samples a dish and is blown away by its authenticity. His astonishment turns into disbelief when heearns that the cook is Sita, a simple mountain girl who has never in herife stepped outside her village. Ever since her mother passed away, Sita started helping her deaf-mute father run their small tea stall. Sitaoves cooking and when a travelling Italian chef gifts her a cookbook, the passion becomes an obsession. Aided by YouTube videos, Sita soon revamps the tea stall and turns it into an elfin café . Arun recognizes Sita’ s extraordinary talents and convinces her to move toondon and become a chef at his restaurant. However, Sita’ sack of professional training is soon apparent. Help comes in the form of Anwar Khan, a veteran butcher, who takes a floundering Sita under his wings. She embarks on a journey, navigating the cut-throat and often ugly world of gourmet chefs where gender conventions and racial undercurrents can make or break careers. As she strives to carve a niche for herself, Arun starts feeling differently towards Sita. Just when Sita starts believing in her special destiny, one incident alters her inside out andeads her to rediscovering herself.

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About the Author

Raghav Khanna comes from the world of television and is best known as the creative director and writer of the acclaimed food history series Raja Rasoi aur Anya Kahaniyaan. His other works include Masters of Taste with Gary Mehigan, The Family Affair, Mega Icons, The Royal Enfield Story, Mega-Festivals and Janani: The Story of Yamuna. Hailing from Old Delhi, Raghav studied English literature at University of Delhi. His writings explore themes of loss of cultural identity, internal conflicts, post-colonial heritage in the twenty-first century, brown voices in a global community and man’ s reckless abuse of nature. Sita’ s Kitchen is his first book Reach him at: Instagram: ‘ raghavkhanna24’ and ‘ sitas.kitchen’

Edition details

• Publisher: Rupa Publications India
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9355201893
• ISBN 13: 9789355201898
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224