India on My Platter (32 page)

Now to the following people…I am not only thankful but I owe you a five-course meal.

Chef Sanjeev Kapoor and the entire team of FoodFood Channel for believing in me and giving me a platform like
Roti Rasta aur India
that changed my life.

People who had to bear with me for 100 days on the road! Thanks to Small Screen Productions, especially Aakriti Arora, Anshul Kumar, Vishal Chib, Mohit Kundu and the brilliant driver, Narendra.

I was lost. Thank you Pallavi Mithika Menon and Megha Sundaresh for saving me, finding me the right words and making this book possible.

If you think the cover looks awesome or I look good in it, the credit goes to photographer Pallavi Gupta, and the director of Culinary Communications Pvt. Ltd, Kavneet Sahni, who had the vision.

Hugs to Ajay Mago and Dipa Chaudhuri for agreeing to publish this book, and the next one to come. (Though they don’t know about the next one yet!)

When I received my first edit, it was soaked in red. It was like I was back in school. Let me bow down to my editor, Shoili Sarkar-Seth.

Thanks Rachel Tanzer for trusting and believing in me and getting this deal.