The Hundred-Foot Journey - Tapa blanda

"Eccentric characters, very vivid settings, delicious haute cuisine...eat this!"- The Times of India "The well-crafted dialogue, the authenticity of setting and cast of characters makes for a bubbly literary broth...Morais does enough to deserve the literary equivalent of a Michelin star." --India Today "Morais' hero Hassan lives out many an Indian chef's dream as he progresses from chicken curry to haute French cuisine, whipping up exotic recipes along the way." -Time Out, USA"

"The Hundred-Foot Journey" is the story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across Europe, before they ultimately open a restaurant opposite a famous chef, Madame Mallory, in the remote French village of Lumiere. A culinary war ensues, pitting Hassan's Mumbai - toughened father against the imperious Michelin-starred cordon bleu, until she realizes that Hassan is a cook with natural talents far superior to her own. Full of eccentric characters, hilarious cultural mishaps, vivid settings and delicious meals described in rich, sensuous detail, Hassan's charming account lays bare the inner workings of the elite world of French haute cuisine, and provides a life-affirming and poignant coming-of-age tale.