Interview: Suresh Jayaram, author, The 1Shanthiroad Cookbook
Hindustan Times340pp, ₹800; Reliable CopyFor online orders, copies are available in India through Champaca, in North America through Printed Matter, and in Europe through Motto Books. The 1Shanthiroad Cookbook comprises recipes and anecdotes around food involving visiting artists and friends of the organisation who, alongside making art, also left their imprint in the kitchen. In the process of making the book, we also realised that there are many people who can perhaps cook but writing a recipe is an art. The making of the book and the process of cooking are part of my philosophy of looking at “Living as Art”’. The buffet spread served during the book launch also comprised recipes mentioned in the book and it inaugurated the year’s first public event at 1Shanthiroad after the pandemic.