Book Review: Flavours of India- Heirloom Recipes from India’s Kitchens by Neela Kaushik and Shibani Sethi 

Namrata reviews Flavours of India- Heirloom Recipes from India’s Kitchens by Neela Kaushik and Shibani Sethi (Aleph Book Company, 2025), calling it a quiet feminist manifesto.

There are cookbooks, and then there are vessels of memory, books that carry more than ingredients and instructions. Flavours of India: Heirloom Recipes from India’s Kitchens is one such vessel. Authored by Neela Kaushik and Shibani Sethi, and birthed from the vibrant collective of Gurgaon Moms, this book is not just about food. It is a celebration of heritage, womanhood, and the quiet resilience passed down from kitchen to kitchen, mother to daughter, one handwritten recipe to the next.

This is no ordinary cookbook. It is a tapestry woven with the scents of home, the echoes of ancestral voices, and the quiet joy of women who have found strength and sisterhood in one another. With more than 40,000 women in its fold, Gurgaon Moms stands as a shining example of what happens when women come together, not just to share recipes, but to share their lives.