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Easy Exotic, Cookbook of the Day

by Nicole Weston, Posted Aug 15th 2006 @ 8:02AM

Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-Fat Recipes from Around the World is the cookbook by Padma Lakshmi, the new host of Bravo TV's Top Chef series. The book was originally released in 1999, and features recipes that Padma cooked or ate when she traveled the world as a working model. For the home cook, this translates into healthy dishes that are easy to prepare - not always completely "authentic," but with enough flavor to spice up your daily cooking routine. It includes about 60 recipes, some of which are more traditional, and some of which are simply influenced by the traditional. All are easy to prepare and make liberal use of fresh herbs and spices. The countries touched on are Spain, France, Italy, Morocco and India, and there is also a generic Asian category, which is more about general flavors than specific dishes. Some of the other dishes include Chicken Tagine (Morocco), Chole (India), Rajma (India), Spanish Tortilla Cake, Sauteed Steak in Red Wine (France) and Penne all' Arribbiata (Italy). A half-dozen or so dessert recipes wrap up the book, because models have sweet-tooths, too.

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Filed Under: Light Food, Cookbook Spotlight, Books
Tags: book, cookbook, cookbook of the day, easy exotic, exotic, india, light food, low fat, LowFat, model, morocco, padma lakshmi

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Jer

8-16-2006 @6:36PM Jer said... She also happens to be married to a rather well-known author . . . Salman Rushdie . . .
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