Celebrating the Book Launch of HEARTLAND MASALA with Bel Canto Books

Bel Canto Books is delighted to celebrate the book launch of HEARTLAND MASALA: AN INDIAN COOKBOOK FROM AN AMERICAN KITCHEN by Jyoti Mukharji and Auyon Mukharji.

Kindly RSVP so we can plan accordingly. Please stay home if you feel sick.

This event will be held outdoors at AMBITIOUS ALES (4019 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA). Ambitious Ales is a family- and dog-friendly brewpub.

EVENT SCHEDULE

7:15pm - Event check-in begins

7:30pm - Welcome & event start

7:15-8:00pm - Writers reading, conversation, and Q&A

8:00pm-9:00pm - Book signing

9:00pm - Event ends

ABOUT THE BOOK

Heartland Masala pairs 99 recipes from Indian cooking instructor Jyoti Mukharji with cultural and historical essays by her son Auyon Mukharji. An effervescent celebration of Indian cuisine and the American immigrant experience, this beautiful cookbook is playful, informative, and utterly original.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Jyoti Mukharji is a chef, teacher, and retired physician. She immigrated to the US from India in the late 1970s, and she began teaching weekly Indian cooking classes out of her home in Prairie Village, KS in 2010. Jyoti has since welcomed several thousand students into her kitchen, and her writing and teaching have been celebrated in press and radio outlets across the Midwest. Jyoti's team includes her husband Jhulan (art director), her eldest son Arnob (grocery shopping deputy), her middle son Auyon (musical guest), and her youngest son Aroop (copy editor).

Auyon Mukharji is a musician, writer, and culinary historian who spends most of his time thinking about food. He studied biology at Williams College and was awarded a Watson Fellowship in 2007 to study self-expression in folk music. Since 2009, Auyon has toured with, and cooked for, the acclaimed indie-folk band Darlingside. He otherwise finds time to work in and around kitchens (and farms) in both his hometown of Kansas City and his adopted state-of-residence of Massachusetts.

ABOUT BEL CANTO BOOKS

Founded by Jhoanna Belfer, a Filipina-American poet and former hospitality executive, Bel Canto Books offers a curated selection of fiction, nonfiction and children's books, organized around a theme of the month, in particular celebrating books by women and people of color. Learn more at belcantobooks.net.

ABOUT AMBITIOUS ALES

Ambitious Ales is a microbrewery that aims to build community by providing unique beer that brings people together and a tasting room that is a hub of community engagement.

HEARTLAND MASALA: AN INDIAN COOKBOOK FROM AN AMERICAN KITCHEN by Jyoti Mukharji and Auyon Mukharji

Host or Publisher Bel Canto Books - Long Beach, CA