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Review title: Please Read This Review: Not the Book
Product review: If you are not of Indian descent or have never lived in India - you may be able to swallow the rather implausible characters in this book. But for people like me, born in India and making a new home in the States (like Ms. Kirchener herself), the book is terribly jarring. The characters are flat - no depth - and sterotyped in the extreme (not just Indians, but Americans, Mexicans and Japanese - at least Ms. Kirchener is an equal opportunity stereotyper). Just one example of the unreal world she has created - friends suffixing the honorific "ji" when addressing each other (e.g. "Meena ji") in an email? Nonsense. But Kirchener's writing is probably as bland as her cooking - modified to please the American palate, not challenge it. If you are not bothered by ersatz cooking or writing, do pick up a copy of this book. It is a page turner - one page a day.
