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Lathika George, "The Kerala Kitchen, Recipes and Recollections from the Syrian Christians of South India"

The Granary, where the author revisits the nellu ara in the abandoned house of her grandmother, is one of the many recollections of church and family life interleaving the recipes from Kerala.

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