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Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet

A World of Recipes for Every Day
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Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet by Padma Lakshmi is a delightful exploration of global cuisine, offering a personal collection of recipes that span various cultures and flavours. The book combines culinary memoir with an eclectic mix of dishes, showcasing Padma's passion for food and her multicultural background. It's both an engaging read and a practical guide for home cooks looking to broaden their culinary horizons with vibrant and diverse recipes.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring bold and diverse flavours from around the world. With Padma Lakshmi's vibrant storytelling, it offers an enticing blend of recipes and personal anecdotes, perfect for those who love to experiment in the kitchen and appreciate culinary journeys.

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Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet

Recipes from around the world from the host of Bravo's Top Chef and Hulu's Taste the Nation.

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Inspired by her travels to some of the most secluded corners of the planet, Padma Lakshmi shares the origins and secrets of her latest recipes for simple-to-prepare, international cuisine. She makes it easy to delight your guests with savoury and sweet dishes such as Keralan Crab Cakes, Fresh Green Beans with Lentils and Coconut, Krispy Fried Chicken, BBQ Korean Short Ribs, and Chocolate Amaretto Ice Cream. By introducing a host of enticing flavours and spices, an everyday kitchen is transformed into a global one.

Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet is both a culinary and personal scrapbook of Padma's life, highlighted by dazzling photography and evocative personal stories about her lifelong connection to food and cooking. From appetisers to entrees, soups to desserts, Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet is perfect for anyone who wants cooking to be easy, elegant, and unforgettable.

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Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet by Padma Lakshmi provides an adventurous culinary experience, with recipes that creatively blend her Indian heritage with unique personal twists. The book is celebrated for its vibrant personality, combining international flavours with both New and Old World influences. It's described as a delightful melting pot of dishes, offering a culinary journey with every recipe.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780306926044

Publisher: Hachette Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 March 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Da Capo Press Inc

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 218.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 992g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Padma Lakshmi is internationally known as a food expert, model, actress and New York Times bestselling author, as well as the recipient of Variety's Karma Award and the NECO Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Lakshmi serves as host and executive producer of Bravo's Emmy-winning series Top Chef, as well as host and executive producer of Hulu's Taste the Nation.

Lakshmi established herself as a food expert early in her career, having hosted two successful cooking shows and writing the bestselling Easy Exotic, which won the "Best First Book" award at the 1999 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Lakshmi followed this success with the publication of her second cookbook, Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet. In 2016, she released her food memoir, the New York Times bestselling Love, Loss, and What We Ate, which won "Best Lifestyle, Body & Soul" at the 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, followed by The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs. She is set to publish her first children's book, Tomatoes for Neela, in Fall 2021.

In addition to being named a visiting scholar at MIT, she serves as an artist ambassador for the ACLU, focusing on immigrants' rights and women's rights, and was recently appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Development Program. She is the co-founder of the Endometriosis Foundation of America. She lives in New York City with her daughter.

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