Summary: (http://kamlashow.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/madhur.thumbnail.jpg)Madhur Jaffrey (http://www.sawnet.org/whoswho/?Jaffrey+Madhur), a well-known actress & author of several cooks books & TV shows talks about her autobirograhy: Climbing The Mango Trees. In this autobiography she paints a wonderful picture of her childhood in India. Madhur grew up in a large "joint family," in Delhi during the 1930s and 1940s. So in the book she describes a particular period and history of Delhi that is almost forgotten. This is about a Delhi on the cusp of change, at least in terms of food. What was Delhi like in those days? What kind of taste memories are permanently embedded in Madhur's mind from that time? After graduating from Miranda House College in Delhi, Madhur went to London and studied at the Royal Academy of Drama Arts. It was during her stay in London that she discovered how to cook all the familiar dishes of her childhood starting with the simplest ones first. She got the recipes sent to her via snail mail or aerogram as it was known in those days. Madhur (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415528/) has acted in a number of films and TV shows. In the early 1980s Madhur made her first cooking shows for the BBC: Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery in 1982 and Madhur Jaffrey's Far Eastern Cookery in 1989. Subsequently she has made other cooking shows. Madhur live in New York with her husband. This interview was first posted on October 14, 2006.
