Madhur Jaffrey's 50-Year Writing Career

The award-winning actress and author's latest cookbook, Vegetarian India, is out today.

VegetarianIndiaCoverIt’s always cause for celebration when a cookbook by Madhur Jaffrey hits the shelves. New in bookstores today, Vegetarian India features more than 200 recipes as well as photos from the 82-year-old author’s personal travels.

It was 50 years ago that Jaffrey, faced with an impending divorce and the charge of three young children, turned to writing to make money. As she recently explained to AP contributor Michele Kayal, the New York Times was instrumental in launching her towards those seven James Beard awards:

“I started writing about any subject that they [editors] wanted.

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