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The Landour Cookbook by Ruskin Bond & Ganesh Saili

The Landour Cookbook by Ruskin Bond & Ganesh Saili

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First published around 2005 (with precursor editions dating back to 1930), The Landour Cookbook is a nostalgic and practical anthology of recipes gathered from the Anglo-Indian missionary community in Mussoorie and Landour. Originally compiled by a reading club of missionary wives in the 1920s and first printed in 1930, the cookbook includes dishes like chicken pudding, Cuban stew, Boston baked beans, Mrs. Menzie's Cuban Stew, Sopa Aros, banana fritters, and the intriguingly named Wacky Crazy Cake. Alongside recipes, it includes household tips for cooking at high altitudes, old measurements (seers, mounds, chattacks) with modern equivalents, contributor names, and contextual notes—making it as much a social history of Landour as a culinary guide. Each recipe reflects the unique fusion of European, American, and Indian cuisine shaped by life on the hillside.

About the Editors:
Ruskin Bond needs little introduction—his evocative writing of the Himalayan foothills has made him one of India’s most beloved authors. In this project, he contributes a witty, reminiscence-rich introduction, admitting that while he “devours” food, his own cooking is limited to boiling an egg—leaving the real culinary work to Ganesh Saili 

Ganesh Saili is a lifelong resident of Mussoorie and Landour, known for collecting local memorabilia and cooking everything from banana fritters to mutton chops. He discovered the old spiral-bound recipe collection in the 1990s, researched it extensively, and co-edited the cookbook—creating a charming portrait of community and cuisine in the hills, tied to over a century of local memory

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