There are cookbooks that teach us how to cook, and there are books that remind us why we cook. Back to My Roots belongs to the second kind. Written by Gymkhana Las Vegas Chef Himanshu Pandey, the book is a deeply personal journey into the food, memories, people and traditions of Uttarakhand — particularly the Kumaon region that shaped his earliest understanding of food. For Pandey, food was never simply about ingredients or recipes. It was part of everyday life: the sound of vegetables hitting a hot iron kadhai, theRead More