Iconic Indian-American Chef Reflects On His Life And The Healing Power Of Food
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🗓️ 1 March 2023
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Raghavan Iyer, about the book, "On The Curry Trail: Chasing the Flavor That Seduced the World."
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| 0:00.0 | There are certain people who can take credit for helping Americans get to know a particular |
| 0:09.6 | cuisine. |
| 0:10.6 | For French food, Julia Child. |
| 0:12.4 | I can fall and I'm going to learn. |
| 0:17.8 | I shall overcome that sort of woman's liberation. |
| 0:21.7 | I mean, everything like that, if you're not going to be ready to fail, you're not going |
| 0:25.8 | to learn how to cook. |
| 0:27.2 | For Italian food, Marcella Hazan. |
| 0:29.3 | I support Italian food. |
| 0:33.0 | I support Italian food. |
| 0:36.5 | And that is a very important thing to do. |
| 0:41.9 | Well, for many years, Rogovon Iyer has been one of the people who played that role for |
| 0:46.6 | Indian food in the US. |
| 0:48.8 | With seven cookbooks and a steady stream of TV appearances, he's taught countless people |
| 0:54.4 | the fundamentals of Indian cooking. |
| 0:56.7 | Here he was on all things considered a decade ago. |
| 0:59.2 | To me, that's the hallmark of Indian cooking is how you could extract a multitude of flavors |
| 1:04.6 | by using really one or two ingredients. |
| 1:07.4 | And you can end up with something that really sings in your mouth. |
| 1:11.4 | Consider this. |
| 1:12.5 | From his home in Minnesota, Rogovon Iyer has become an icon of Indian cooking. |
| 1:18.3 | Now, after years of treatment for aggressive cancer, he has released what he says will |
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