Discover Indian Cuisine with Rinku Bhattacharya

Taking a real-life approach to cooking seasonally and locally, Rinku Bhattacharya shows how even a small degree of consciousness goes a long way towards a healthier and greener lifestyle.

Join Rinku Bhattacharya on Monday, August 12, at 1:00pm, at the Larchmont Library.

Presented by the Larchmont Public Library as part of the Literary Bites series, the Gourmand Award-winning author and “Spice Chronicles” blogger offers time-strapped home cooks a realistic way to cook healthfully and sustainably. She presents family-friendly recipes that marry the spices of India with the four seasons of an American backyard. All of her cookbooks will be featured including The Bengali Five-Spice Chronicles, Spices and Seasons: Simple, Sustainable Indian Flavors and her latest book, Instant Indian. The books are available in the library now.

Bhattacharya is a teacher of Indian cooking and the author of the blog, SPICE CHRONICLES. Rinku and her family are very committed to a sustainable lifestyle and she uses mostly local produce for her recipes. Rinku’s passion for food starts with cooking and trying new recipes and extends to pairing and drinking wine with food as well as creating unusual food combinations by fusing together various culinary influences.

A mother of two, she strives to make sure her children aren’t short-changed on healthy and nutritious eating because of their busy schedules. She says that for her, Indian cooking is not about spending hours in the kitchen, but rather, it’s about “flavors, freshness, and love.”