Goa Arts + Literary Festival 2014 will be tastier than ever for food lovers and hungry readers, with daily sessions showcasing the best food books and blogs from Goa and beyond. Do not miss this unprecedented banquet! Free registration is open goaartlitfest.com
Pamela Timms writes the popular blog Eat and Dust http://eatanddust.com, and the Piece of Cake column for Mint Lounge http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Author/Pamela%20Timms - her volume of travel/food/memoir 'Korma, Kheer & Kismet: Five Seasons in Old Delhi' is described as "a reverential memoir to the holy grail of food-lovers in the capital". According to Mint, 'The Sood Family Cookbook' author Aparna Jain "successfully orchestrated a vast number of family members—formidable aunts, friendly cousins-in-law, elderly bhabhis (sisters-in-law), indulgent uncles—into contributing to a magnificently produced volume that would add value to a home kitchen anywhere in the world, with recipes ranging from pahaadi fiddlehead ferns to fish en papillote: http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/3IXYhspfIwBpJngrK2vxXN/All-in-the-family.html?utm_source=copy Latika George's labour of love 'The Suriani Kitchen – Recipes and Recollections from the Syrian Christians of Kerala' "does more than merely tell readers how to make dishes that the community loves. It also explains Syrian Christian traditions" (http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/restaurants-caf%C3%A9s/features/how-do-you-meen) It is one of the best researched + detailed cookbooks to be published in India in recent years. Helene D'Souza is the founder of masalaherb.com - a popular global food, culture and travel blog. Born and having lived most of her life in a small Austrian valley in the Alps, she took an educational odyssey to India, only to turn Goa, together with her Goan husband, into her current creative outlet and home. She is also is a contributor at foodwriterfriday.com Revati Upadhya is the voice behind all the food adventures on Hungry and Excited http://hungryandexcited.com, a food blog that turned into a cake shop in 2013. Previously a die-hard Bangalorean, she now lives in Dona Paula and has turned into a self-proclaimed Goan. Kornelia Santoro describes herself as "kitchen goddess, mother, cookbook author." A well known author in Goa, she channels her literary ambitions and her experiences as a passionate foodie at http://www.mediterraneancooking.in and writing cookbooks. Both her books, Kornelia's Kitchen – Mediterranean Cooking for India and Kornelia's Kitchen 2 - Cooking for Allergies, have won the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. At the moment she is working on Kornelia's Kitchen 3 - Cooking for Happiness. Kaveri Ponappa is a passionate writer and spokesperson for Coorg identity, culture and food + author of the monumental The Vanishing Kodavas. She also blogs at The Coorg Table: recipes and stories from traditional Coorg cuisine http://kaveriponnapa.com/the-coorg-table.html **Stay tuned to this channel**
