Topic: Another book

[Les]

Perhaps I was in too much of a hurry to 'get my own back' on SS.

Then I would think an apology should be forthcoming to SS George, don't you ;D

[curryhell]

Perhaps I was in too much of a hurry to 'get my own back' on SS.

Then I would think an apology should be forthcoming to SS George, don't you ;D

Mmm

[George]

Probably nothing new but then again I think the wife will moan if I get yet another curry book!!

How mean can either or both of you get, given that it costs only 77p and, being in electronic format, doesn't occupy one iota of space on your bookshelf.

Before getting to the recipes, there's the normal introductory material. It includes the following bizarre statement:

"Each recipe will always include simple measures e.g. a teaspoon of this or a dessertspoon of that. I have used dessertspoon measures as the old tablespoon often gets confused with a dessertspoon and proper tablespoons have been neglected in recent times."

What is it about Indian recipe books which attracts oddball authors? A while back we had Undercover Dave with his chef spoon dip measures. Nearly all conventional cookery books use tsp, dsp and tbls measures and they usually confirm they mean level measures of 5ml. 10ml and 15ml respectively. What's wrong with sticking to that convention? The Kindle author doesn't even confirm the ml equivalent of his dessertspoon.

[chriswg]

Maybe me and Az should write a proper BIR book. There still seems to be a gap in the market for a decent one!

[jb]

Maybe me and Az should write a proper BIR book. There still seems to be a gap in the market for a decent one!

Wouldn't bother wasting your time,there's bound to be someone on here who would just rip the whole thing to shreds.

[Masala Mark]

Hi Chris,

Go for it, there'd be many that would buy it, me for one. As you saw from the lessons, many people can't get to them unfortunately and it would be the next best thing.

Do the book and a DVD/video series making the dishes and the gravies, masala's etc

There is a market for it for sure as there is nothing as yet that shows exactly how it should be done.

Cheers,
Mark

[solarsplace]

Hi Chris,

Go for it, there'd be many that would buy it, me for one. As you saw from the lessons, many people can't get to them unfortunately and it would be the next best thing.

Do the book and a DVD/video series making the dishes and the gravies, masala's etc

There is a market for it for sure as there is nothing as yet that shows exactly how it should be done.

Cheers,
Mark

I have to agree. That is a tremendous idea. He has quite a performers personality and would be very video friendly I think. I wonder whether he would consider it?

Cheers

[loveitspicy]

Its is a great idea guys - but you may be too late - Julian at curry2go's ebook is nearly finished and he has exclusive videos for the book only - you may or may not have missed the boat as they say
There will always be a space for a good book and vids

Lets face it all the celebrity chefs that went to India (most of them) have only put out authentic traditional style dishes - not even considering the bir taste - and to be honest they have spent too much time looking at it with designers - the nicey nicey pictures and the posed up one shrimp or whatever they are making

I did watch old Gordon Ramsay and he had a go making some dishes his way - however when he has returned his articles have been the usual posed stuff - ie vine ripened tomatoes etc etc - whats wrong with tomatoes

anyhow

a book would be great

best, Rich

[jb]

Its is a great idea guys - but you may be too late - Julian at curry2go's ebook is nearly finished and he has exclusive videos for the book only - you may or may not have missed the boat as they say
There will always be a space for a good book and vids

Lets face it all the celebrity chefs that went to India (most of them) have only put out authentic traditional style dishes - not even considering the bir taste - and to be honest they have spent too much time looking at it with designers - the nicey nicey pictures and the posed up one shrimp or whatever they are making

I did watch old Gordon Ramsay and he had a go making some dishes his way - however when he has returned his articles have been the usual posed stuff - ie vine ripened tomatoes etc etc - whats wrong with tomatoes

anyhow

a book would be great

best, Rich

I'm really looking forward to Julian's forthcoming book,his videos(and website) are certainly very good.Hopefully when I print the book I'll find a bit of space on my book shelf for it.Let's also hope that any future threads on his book are not hijacked in any way.

[George]

Maybe me and Az should write a proper BIR book. There still seems to be a gap in the market for a decent one!

Go for it. I think the key word here is "decent" as in delivering high quality results, and reflecting what REALLY goes on in the kitchen of a good quality BIR. Perhaps the Kushi Balti book has got closest so far. What makes me laugh is that every book on the market claims there's a gap and they've filled it. Just don't make that mistake, whilst failing to really deliver. Plug the gap for good, without waffle and padding such as geographic descriptions of Indian cities and regions, or home cooking style recipes which you'd hardly ever see or buy in a BIR.