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Madhur (interpretation sweet as honey) Jaffrey was raised in a large family substance by the Yamuna River in Delhi, where her grandfather often presided over meals with 40 or more participants of his extended family savoring along the wonderfully flavorful meals that were permanently imprinted on Madhur's palate. Whether climbing the mango trees and shrubs in her grandparents' orchard, armed with a mixture of salt, pepper, ground red chilies, and roasted cumin, or picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with raisins and mint, tucked into freshly cooked spiced pooris, the tastes and textures of these childhood pleasures bring back thoughts of growing up. Independent-minded, sensitive, and ever interested, Madhur as a kid explored the annals of her family and was deeply influenced by their personal tests. Despite obstacles that her schooling imposed and an insecure adolescence, she emerged well informed and gifted in the arts, ready to explore new territory as the entire world she got known crumbled around her. Climbing the Mango Trees and shrubs is both an enormously appealing account of a unique childhood and a testament to the power of food inside our lives to evoke memory. Although by the time it ends, when Madhur leaves India, she got never cooked meals, it was that longing to flavour again the tastes of her childhood that drove her into the kitchen - to become eventually the internationally acclaimed food article writer that she is today.
