SWEET MEMORY.(cuisine - India)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 19-AUG-02

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I was born in my grandparents' sprawling house by the Yamuna River in Delhi. When I was a few minutes old, Grandmother welcomed me into the world by writing "Om," which means "I am" in Sanskrit, on my tongue with a little finger dipped in honey. Perhaps...

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