Lexington Community Education presents: Eating India: An Odyssey into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices

Though it’s primarily Punjabi food that’s become known as Indian food in the United States, India is as much an immigrant nation as America, and it has the vast range of cuisines to prove it. Award-winning food writer and Bengali food expert, Chitrita Banerji, will take you on a marvelous mouthwatering odyssey through the national cuisine of India formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations and conquests. With each wave of newcomers - ancient Aryan tribes, Persians, Middle Eastern Jews, Mongols, Arabs, Europeans - have come new innovations in cooking and new ways to apply India’s rich native spices.

Chitrita Banerji, a Bengali-American writer, grew up in Calcutta, India, and came to the United States as a graduate student. She received her Master’s Degree in English from Harvard University. She now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and travels frequently to India. In her writing, Banerji uses both fiction and nonfiction to examine the relationships between memory, history, culture, religion, and food. She is the author of several books on the food and culture of her native India.

This event will be held on Thursday, November 6th from 7-8:30pm at the Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square. The cost is $10.00 per person. Pre-registration required. To register, using a VISA or MasterCard, please contact Lexington Community Education at 781 862 8043.