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Climbing the mango trees : a memoir of a childhood in India (Book)

by Jaffrey, Madhur.

Author:	Jaffrey, Madhur.
Title:	Climbing the mango trees : a memoir of a childhood in India / Madhur Jaffrey.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Description:	x, 297 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2006045255-b.html
	Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2006045255-b.html
	Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2006045255-d.html
	Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006045255-s.html
LCCN:	2006045255
ISBN:	140004295X
	9781400042951
Format:	Book

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"In a book that is both an appealing account of an unusual childhood and a testament to the power of food to evoke memory, a highly regarded writer on Indian food offers an enchanting memoir of her early life in Delhi, occurring during a time and within a society that has since disappeared. Includes a dozen family recipes. 37 photos in text."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Sweet as Honey?
Winter in Delhi: The Season of Weddings
The Caterer as Magician
Lessons in Taste
Delhi-Old and New
Sir Edwin Lutyens and the House That Never Was
Grandfather, "Babaji"
Number 7
The Lady in White
The Kite
Summer Lunch
The Red Book
The Story of My Ancestors
Muslim Influence
British Rule
The Record-Keeper
Mutiny of 1857
The Reward
The Freedom of Kanpur
My Mother and Father
A Fairy-Tale Marriage
A Desire to Excel
Choosing a School
A Milky Nation: The Milk Beauty Secret and Milk for Breakfast
Our Morning Rituals
The Magic Garden
Summer Holiday
Baby Sister
Starting School and Learning English
The Toffee Man
The Quest for Barley Sugar
My Perfect Sisters
Fasting for My Father
Lighting Up for Diwali
An Opulent Dining Room
Chewing the Bones
Bookworms
A Role Model
My Caring, Reticent Sister
The Useful Club
The Death of a Cousin
Divided Loyalties
Preparing for War
Film Buffs
The Nazi Connection
Wolfie and the Gray Horse
The End of the Kanpur Idyll
Spellbinding Shibbudada
Two Tragic Marriages
Sadness and a Conspiracy of Silence
My Gang
Fishing, Shooting, and Swimming
The Watermelon Fields
Ear-Piercing Antiseptic
The Drawing Room
Winter Evenings: Family, Friends, Lemonade, Nuts, and Pakoris
Dining at the Long Tables
Family Picnics in Delhi
The Art of Getting Thirty People into Two Cars
Cinema Trips
Story Time
Summer Holidays in the Hills
The Great Exodus
Grandmother's Magic Potion
Mountain Picnics
The Taste of Ecstasy
A New School
Classmates in Burqas
Hindi or Urdu: A Dreadful Choice
A Lethally Sharp Pencil
Shibbudada's Favorites

Teatime Tension
A Dream House in Daurala
The Sugarcane Fields
Sweets Galore in the Sugar Factory
Visiting the Old City
The Lane of Fried Breads
Monsoon Mushrooms
Learning to Swim and Dance
A Haven for Musicians
Temple Dancers and Tap-Dancers
Dressing as Milkmaids
An Unhappy Teenager
The Drama of the Monsoons
Shibbudada's Quiet Cruelty
The Spring Festival of Colors
Chicken Pox
Soup-Toast and Sewing
A Fancy-Dress Party
Learning to Fly
School Days in Summer
Mrs. McKelvie
Discovering Drama
Fearless Amina
Art Appreciation
The Sisters Return
A Taste of the Future
Mother's Shawls
Kamal's Illness
The Muslim Twins
Sudha's Vegetarian Delights
Punjabi Promila
Our Shared Lunchtime Feasts
Contacting the Spirit World
The Icy Hands of Partition
Mahatma Gandhi
Spinning for India
Independence Day and the Bloody Aftermath
Punjabi Influences
Food with New Attitude
Bazaar and Tandoori Foods
A Taste of Spam
Sunday Lunchtimes
The Looming Banyan Tree
New School Friends and Fresh Tastes
Learning to Love Hindi
Two Types of Indians
Hated Cookery Lessons
Divine Potatoes
Exam Season
Brain Food
The Honey Seller
Sweetening the Mouth
First Jobs and First Loves
Ballroom Dancing
Dressing for the Dinner Dance
Future Planning
The Radio Station
The Last Large Picnic
Wildflower Hall and an Encounter with the Police
Kamal's Journey
Shibbudada Interferes Again
Cookery Exam
A Joint Family in New York
Grandfather's Decline
A Riverside Cremation
Kamal's Return
A Gift of Coca-Cola
Sailing to a New Life
Mingling the Flavors of the Past and the Future
Family Recipes.

Related Subjects:

Jaffrey, Madhur -- Childhood and youth.

Cooks -- India -- Biography.

Cooks -- United States -- Biography.

Women cooks -- India -- Biography.

Cooking, Indic

India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.

Biography & Autobiography / General^Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / Indic^Cooking / History.

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