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Prem Souri Kishore has lived in southern India, the U.K. and Dubai. She has worked as a broadcaster, teacher, lecturer, and freelance writer. She now hosts lectures on India and Indian foods, and is professional voice actor. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Stephen P. Huyler is an art historian, cultural anthropologist, photographer and author conducting a lifelong survey of the India’s sacred art and crafts and their meanings within rural societies. Huyler is acknowledged as one of the leading documentary photographers of India and his image archive is recognized as one of the most extensive and valuable in existence. A prolific author, he has published six books, including Daughters of India: Art and Identity (2008), and Sonabai: Another Way of Seeing (2009).
""She enters the world of pickle making, samples bhelpuri from street vendors, crunches on murukus on railway journeys, and drifts on the Dal Lake nibbling fried lotus stems, while feasting on Mughlai biryanis and eating a mango sitting atop a tree. The narrative is peppered with stories of food rituals, food myths, the place of food in sacred worship, food etiquette, and is layered with brilliant imagery of India's diverse landscapes."" -- J.S. Bedi * INDIA POST *
