Bangladeshi Cookbook

[liuzhou]

There is possibly a better place to post this but I couldn't find anywhere just to say "this looks interesting".

 

I'm not at all a cookbook collector, but I'm tempted to buy this one.

 

This is an interview with the author rather than an independent review but I thought to share and perhaps get thoughts back.

 

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/food-writer-most-underappreciated-culinary-city-2756826

 

By the way, Dhaka airport is the worst I've ever been in and I've been in a lot! Love the country and people, though.

 

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by liuzhou
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[Kerry Beal]

Looks like she's got two cookbooks and a YouTube channel! Definitely worth exploring further. 

[Susanwusan]

Did you buy the Dina Begum book?  I'm thinking of either that one or this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLSRZ75M/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B0CLSRZ75M&pd_rd_w=IMrQ3&content-id=amzn1.sym.84ea1bf1-65a8-4363-b8f5-f0df58cbb686&pf_rd_p=84ea1bf1-65a8-4363-b8f5-f0df58cbb686&pf_rd_r=DT85NQ5BJF42CYD1Y4DX&pd_rd_wg=aXO69&pd_rd_r=83971d2a-bdf7-47d8-8fb8-e3a5ace44bd9&s=books&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWw   Has anybody else got an opinion on them?

[Tan Can Cook]

For learning classical and traditional Bangla Ranna, I use the following books that I import purchased. Shipping was a little more  from Bangladesh to the USA. The fees were justified by the recipes and techniques from the books.

• Osman, Shawkat. Bangladeshi Cuisine. Kolkata, West Bengal, India: Mapin Publishing, 2008.
• Zaman, Niaz. Bosha Bhat to Biryani: The Legacy of Bangladeshi Cuisine. Dhaka, Bangladesh: University Press Limited, 2012.

I purchased Professor Zaman's book direct from the publisher at https://uplbooks.com/shop/9789845060332-bosha-bhat-to-biryani-the-legacy-of-bangladeshi-cuisine-8327#attr=13751. I was informed by Mahrukh Mohiuddin, Managing Director at University Press Limited (UPL) that they ship worldwide. My final fee for Prof. Zaman's book came out to be 56.84 USD.

 

Chef and Bangladeshi TV host and presenter Shawkat Osman—not to be confused with another famous author of the same name—book called Bangladeshi Cuisine was purchased from my goto independent seller going as "Table Top Art" on the Amazon USA Marketplace. They specialize in importing authentic cookbooks from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. They didn't stock Prof Zaman's book, that's why I decided to acquire direct from the publisher. If you prefer not to use Amazon, my trusted bookseller also goes by the name "Cold Books" on Biblio and "Books Puddle" on AbeBooks. They are all the same, happen to have different names on various selling platforms.