What is Indian food in America? The country’s identity as a melting pot makes for a diverse tapestry of flavors, but that doesn’t always equate to easily being able to identify one’s place in the culinary landscape.<\/p>\n
In her debut cookbook\u00a0Amrikan: 125 Recipes From the Indian Diaspora,\u00a0<\/em>acclaimed\u00a0Food & Wine<\/em>\u00a0writer and editor\u00a0Khushbu Shah presents instructions for preparing dinners, drinks, and desserts as varied as Saag Paneer Lasagna, Pani Puri Mojitos, and Masala Chai Basque Cheesecake. But Shah goes beyond instructions and ingredients, writing about the larger story of Indian food.\u00a0In a 2019 interview with the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>, Shah said, \u201cFood is undeniably intersectional. It\u2019s impossible \u2014 it\u2019s irresponsible \u2014 to deny it.\u201d\u00a0Amrikan<\/em>\u00a0is replete with images and essays that illuminate this fusion of cuisine and culture, showcasing the links between food and identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is Indian food in America? The country’s identity as a melting pot makes for a diverse tapestry of flavors, but that doesn’t always equate to easily being able to identify one’s place in the culinary landscape.<\/p>\n In her debut cookbook\u00a0Amrikan: 125 Recipes From the Indian Diaspora,\u00a0<\/em>acclaimed\u00a0Food & Wine<\/em>\u00a0writer and editor\u00a0Khushbu Shah presents instructions for preparing dinners, drinks, and desserts as varied as Saag Paneer Lasagna, Pani Puri Mojitos, and Masala Chai Basque Cheesecake. But Shah goes beyond instructions and ingredients, writing about the larger story of Indian food.\u00a0In a 2019 interview with the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>, Shah said, \u201cFood is undeniably intersectional. It\u2019s impossible \u2014 it\u2019s irresponsible \u2014 to deny it.\u201d\u00a0Amrikan<\/em>\u00a0is replete with images and essays that illuminate this fusion of cuisine and culture, showcasing the links between food and identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":64968,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[54],"class_list":["post-64465","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-arts-culture","cat_arts-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/64465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/64465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64465"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=64465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}