On the Curry Trail

Award-winning author and instructor Raghavan Iyer explores the origins and expansion of curry cuisine across the globe, using 50 recipes to illustrate the simmering, scrumptious history and lore of a globally beloved dish.​ On the Curry Trail: Chasing the Flavor That Seduced the World is an enlightening journey across Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas to explore the origins of curry and the signature, essential curries as they evolved in each region. This diaspora of curry brings alive not only the most iconic, category-defining recipes from these continents, but also the history, lore, anecdotes, and familial remembrances that fashion each dish. It delves into the story of curry—what it was and what it is, the places to which it has traveled and the ways it has evolved en route (whether because of local ingredients, cultural tastes, or other factors)—and embraces the many interpretations and definitions of this beloved dish. It makes the flavors of these scintillating curries accessible to the everyday home cook. On the Curry Trail is at once a mash note and an education—one rich in history and sense of place—that tells the definitive, delectable story of this beguiling dish in 50 irresistible recipes with colrful illustrations throughout.
On the Curry Trail by Raghavan Iyer. Published by Workman Press. Hardcover; 208 pages.