More than 150 recipes with both American and European measurements, this book draws its great-tasting recipes from throughout India. A corporate chef, and a past participant in OCLD, India's internship more difficult to get into than Harvard Law, Zubin D'Souza has worked all over the world and traveled much of India to bring to this book the best of India's regional vegetarian cookery that he has elevated to classic form, refining each recipe to reveal nuance that regional cookery usually doesn't convey.

There are whole chapters on chilis and spices; how to stock a useful Indian spice...