A Guide for Gentlemen Chefs

A Guide for Gentlemen Chefs is a humorous attempt to categorise recipes (I ndia n, Western and Continental) not on the basis of their ingredients or their modes of preparation but on the varied nature of Gentlemen Chefs. This is all the more relevant today as it is common perception that the best chefs are male and cooking is a hobby that more and more men are taking up. And just as well since we all know, cooking is a wonderful stress-reliever.

Mario Miranda, renowned Indian cartoonist, contributed to The Illustrated Weekly of India. After studying in St Xavier's College, Mumbai and Portugal, Mario spent several years working in the UK. He exhibited his cartoons in countries such as Japan, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, France, Yugoslavia and Portugal. He lived in his ancestral village, Loutolim, in Goa.

Laxmi Dhaul has authored Sufi Shrine of Ajmer and The Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya. She has also written Chimi's Dreamworld, a children's book on environment. An alumnus of St Xavier's College, Mumbai, she is involved in setting up renewable power plants and using agricultural waste.

Gitanjali Khanna has co-authored Madam's Adam with Laxmi Dhaul, a book humourously illustrated by Mario Miranda. Gitanjali grew up in New York and has also lived in Dubai, but considers Mumbai as her real home. She graduated in Liberal Arts from St Bedes, Shimla and has taught in Mumbai and Dubai.