I decided to archive the journey that our food recipes took along with us from a tiny village in undivided Bengal to the megapolis of Mumbai. The food we eat is very special to our family and has metamorphosized into blends of cultures we have lived with over the last seventy-five years in various parts of India. However, within these blends there lie some authentic recipes which have stood the test of time.

My note here is a starting point of my quest to document and archive the food that we eat on our dining tables every day, some ordinary and others celebratory to ensure that they are cherished in the decades to come by our children and others.