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Julie Sahni
[edit]Julie Sahni is an Indian-American chef and cookbook author who introduced north Indian cooking to many Americans beginning in 1980 when her 560-page Classic Indian Cooking was published. She tested the recipes in the book for seven years before it was published.[1]
articles to look through
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/kitchen-notes/an-undersung-trailblazer-of-indian-cooking
https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/what-chef-and-food-writer-julie-sahni-taught-me
https://geniuspodcast.food52.com/episodes/sarsoon-ka-saag-legend-julie-sahni
https://www.eater.com/22981724/matar-paneer-recipe-julie-sahni-classic-indian-cooking
https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2019/11/julie-sahni-taught-my-mother-how-cook-everything
https://www.mothersbistro.com/mother-of-the-month/archive/julie-sahni/
https://www.thejuggernaut.com/julie-sahni-is-doing-just-fine
Early life and education in India
[edit]She was born October 16, 1945, to Padma and Venkataraman Ranganathan Iyer, the second of their four daughters. She learned to be a Bharatanatyam dancer and traveled world wide to perform.[2][3]
Life and careers in the United States
[edit]Urban planning education and career, 1968 to 1980?
[edit]In 1968, Sahni immigrated to the United States to attend Columbia University for her graduate degree in urban planning.[4]
Restaurant executive chef, 1983-1986
[edit]Nirvana
Cooking career, 2020 to present
[edit]In 2020, she told Food and Wine she was working on a new book about recipes of the Indian diaspora and had just "two more places to travel to."[1]
Books
[edit]- Classic Indian Cooking (1980) - ISBN
- Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking (1985) - ISBN
- Moghul Microwave: Cooking Indian Food the Modern Way (1990) - ISBN
- Savoring Spices and Herbs (1996) - ISBN
- Classic Indian Cookery (1997 or 1988?) - ISBN
- Julie Sahni's Introduction to Indian Cooking (1998) - ISBN
- Classic Indian Vegetarian Cookery (1999) - ISBN
- Indian Regional Classics: Fast, Fresh, and Healthy Home Cooking (2001) - ISBN
- Savoring India: Recipes and Reflections on Indian Cooking (2001) - ISBN
Personal life
[edit]She was married to Viraht Sahni, a physicist, and they had a son, Vishal Raj, in November 1979. They divorced after the publication of Classic Indian Cooking.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Food & Wine USA - (03)March 2020.
- ^ "Julie Sahni – Mother's Bistro". Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ geniuspodcast.food52.com https://geniuspodcast.food52.com/episodes/sarsoon-ka-saag-legend-julie-sahni. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Sarkar, Sreya (2022-04-01). "How Julie Sahni Taught America To Cook and Appreciate Indian Food". TheQuint. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ Sen, Mayukh (2021). Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America. W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-1-324-00451-6.
Further reading
[edit]- Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, Mayukh Sen - ISBN 978-1324004516
External links
[edit]Category:Chefs of Indian cuisine Category:Indian chefs Category:Indian emigrants to the United States Category:American people of Indian Tamil descent Category:People of Indian Tamil descent Category:Cookbook writers Category:Women food writers Category:Women chefs Category:Columbia University alumni Category:Delhi University alumni