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Join us on Saturday, November 8th at 12PM for a free book talk at Bergenfield Public Library to celebrate the release of Heartland Masala, an illustrated Indian cookbook! NYU Professor and Food Studies Scholar Krishnendu Ray will moderate a conversation between authors Jyoti Mukharji and Auyon Mukharji, with an audience Q&A to follow. Heartland Masala features 99 recipes from Indian cooking instructor Jyoti Mukharji paired with droll, illustrated vignettes by culinary historian (and Jyoti’s son!) Auyon Mukharji. A heartfelt celebration of Indian cuisine and the American immigrant experience, this mother-son collaboration is delicious, inventive, and utterly original. Copies of Heartland Masala will be available for purchase and personalization.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Jyoti Mukharji is a chef, teacher, and retired physician. She immigrated to the US from India in the late 1970s, and she began teaching weekly Indian cooking classes out of her home in Prairie Village, KS in 2010. Jyoti has since welcomed several thousand students into her kitchen!
Auyon Mukharji is a musician, writer, and culinary historian who spends most of his time thinking about food. He studied biology at Williams College and was awarded a Watson Fellowship in 2007 to study self-expression in folk music. Since 2009, Auyon has toured with, and cooked for, the acclaimed indie-folk band Darlingside.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR:
Krishnendu Ray received his Ph.D. in Sociology from SUNY Binghamton in 2001. He holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Delhi University, India. Prior to joining the NYU faculty in 2005, Krishnendu was a faculty member and an Acting Associate Dean for Curriculum Development at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). A food studies scholar, he is the author of The Migrant’s Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households (Temple University, 2004) and The Ethnic Restaurateur (Bloomsbury 2016). He co-edited Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food and South Asia (University of California Press, 2012), and special issues on "Street Vending and Global Cities" in Food, Culture & Society 24, 1 (Spring 2021), and "Culinary Cultures on the Move" in Verge Studies in Global Asias 9, 2 (Fall 2023).
