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			Date:		15 March 2007 (Thursday)
			Time:		6.30 p.m. reception, 7.00 p.m. talk
			Venue:		3rd Floor, British Council, 3 Supreme Court Road, Hong Kong
			Registration:		HK$220 (public) HK$200 (Friends of the Festival) Tickets are available through the website of the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival from 10 Feb 2007.

Invited to Hong Kong by the Man Hong Kong Literary Festival and M at the Fringe, popular food presenter, actress, and writer, Madhur Jaffrey, will be meeting fellow literature and food lovers at the British Council on 15 March. She will discuss and answer audience questions on acting, cooking and her new memoir, Climbing the Mango Trees. Madhur Jaffrey will be signing copies of her latest book which will be on sale at the event.

Madhur Jaffrey

From sweet chutneys to spicy curries, bestselling cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey has introduced food lovers around the world to home-cooked Indian cuisine. Madhur Jaffrey's Taste of the Far East was voted Best International Cookbook and Book of the Year (1993) by the James Beard Foundation.

Ms. Jaffrey's route into presenting food shows was less than orthodox. After leaving India to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, she wrote to her mother begging her to send simple recipes. Her mother obliged, and thus Ms. Jaffrey learnt to cook by correspondence.

Ms. Jaffrey is also an award-winning actress with numerous major motion pictures to her credit including: Prime, Six Degrees of Separation, Le Divorce and Shakespeare Wallah.

Her latest work is Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (2006).

Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India

“...Madhur Jaffrey uses her culinary equipment to tantalise the senses...The book is written with the measured cadences of someone brought up as "a privileged product of British colonial India" and topped with a generous serving of 32 recipes...This book becomes richer and deeper as it progresses, as Jaffrey relates these experiences to broader social contexts...”

Guardian Review

A memoir of Madhur Jaffrey's childhood in India. Her description of growing up in a very large, wealthy family conjures up the spirit of a long-lost age. It features recipes drawn from memories of dinners, lunches, breakfasts, weddings and picnics.