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Julia Child’s Delhi

City Food – Julia Child Makes Tomato Pappu in Dwarka

March 17, 2013
Julie Child in Dwarka

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of Dwarka, an expansive settlement of residential apartments, bleak-looking malls and many many metro stations. In her 30s, Ruchira Hoon lives with her husband, Snehesh Philip, at a book-lined house in Sector 7 — most books are...
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City Food – Julia Child Makes Esü in Hauz Khas Village

July 4, 2012
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The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of Hauz Khas Village, a fashionable quarter of art galleries, studios and restaurants. Passionate about playing guitar, Aren Sanglir, 34, lives in neighbouring Green Park. She recently opened a restaurant in the village with her business partner...
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City Food – Julia Child Makes Chana Dal Gosht in Civil Lines

October 23, 2011
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The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of Civil Lines, a genteel neighbourhood of bungalows and apartments in north Delhi. Passionate about writers like Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw, Anita Desai and Qurratulain Haider, Ms Child, 55, lives in a book-lined ground...
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City Food – Julia Child Bakes Blueberry Muffins in BK Dutt Colony

May 11, 2011
Julia Child

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of BK Dutt Colony, a quiet neighbourhood in central Delhi. Having an unending curiosity for authentic cuisines, Ms Child runs Eat and Dust, a blog on food adventures in India. The escapades are primarily confined to Old...
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City Food – Julia Child Cooks Litti Chokha in Mayur Vihar-I

February 27, 2011
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The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of Mayur Vihar, Phase-I, a neighborhood near Akshardham Temple in east Delhi. A graduate in science from Bihar’s Ranchi Women’s College, Ms Child came to Delhi in 1982 following her marriage to Madhurendra Prasad Sinha, a journalist....
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City Food – Julia Child Cooks Mutton Korma in Farash Khana

January 17, 2011
Delhi Kitchen

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of Farash Khana, a dilapidated neighborhood in Old Delhi. A ‘legal journalist’, Child, 56, has done Master of Arts in English Literature and Sociology. His dream was to be a university lecturer but he couldn’t pursue his...
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City Food – Julia Child Makes Chai in Turkman Gate

November 25, 2010
Chaiwalla

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of Turkman Gate, a congested neighbourhood in the Walled City. Quiet and gentle, Child is not sure of his age but he looks like as if he is in his 40s. Born and brought up in Turkman...
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City Food – Julia Child Makes Rumali Roti in Nizamuddin Basti

September 2, 2010
Roti Maker

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of Nizamuddin Basti, a congested village in central Delhi. A cheery 28-year-old, Child hails from the state of Uttar Pradesh and has been in Delhi for more than a decade. He has a one-room apartment in the...
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City Food – Julia Child Makes Badaam Pasanda in I.P. Extension

July 24, 2010
Julia Child in I.P. Extension

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of I.P. Extension, a neighbourhood in east Delhi. Ms Child organizes culinary festivals in a city’s 5-star hotel, but when she has a party in her house, she calls in the services of Rajeev Rishi, her father....
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City Food – Julia Child Makes Moongphali Cheewra in Vasundhara

June 25, 2010
Julia Child of Vasundhra

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of Vasundhara, a suburban neighbourhood beyond the borders of east Delhi. As a girl, Ms Child was a javelin throw star in her school. She also excelled in badminton. After marriage, she interested herself in living room...
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