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Julia Child’s Delhi

City Food – Julia Child Makes Aloo Salaan in Nizamuddin East

June 3, 2010
City Food – Julia Child Makes Aloo Salaan in Nizamuddin East

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of Nizamuddin East, an artsy neighbourhood of bungalows, ruins and gardens in central Delhi. An author, Ms Child is a hyperactive woman who anxiously paces across the length of her living room if she has nothing else...
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City Food – Julia Child Makes Egg Curry in GB Road

April 26, 2010
City Food – Julia Child Makes Egg Curry in GB Road

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet the Julia Child of GB Road, Delhi’s red light district. A sex worker, Ms Child lives on the rooftop of Kotha no. XX, an establishment that is home to half a dozen women. Ms Child has no TV, no furniture,...
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City Kitchen – Julia Child Makes Heartfelt Cookies in Jorbagh

January 15, 2010
City Kitchen – Julia Child Makes Heartfelt Cookies in Jorbagh

The great chef’s life in Delhi. Meet Jorbagh’s Julia Child. Her living room has a handsome Shakespeare. Her guest room has an Alice Munro hardbound. Her library has two copies of a VS Naipaul travelogue. Her new acquisitions are books by Tolstoy and Colm Tóibín, and a...
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