Chris Bulow

Pig enthusiast

Chef Mistry is both cook and activist. An export from London, having gone through the whole culinary school then “fine dining” mincer, she now lives and cooks at her own place in the USA where her takes on Indian food have Preeti producing — in her own words — “lusty, uncomplicated and a little messy” food that really, REALLY belies this description. Her food is simply a reflection of her, colourful, bright, loud, uncompromising, opinionated, fun. It kind of reminds me of the dishes from Spuntino. That is, if that food had come from a queer, brown, loud-mouthed, small woman who takes no shizz from anyone. Buy the book, cook from it and mourn only that England’s loss was America’s gain.