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'''Beatrice A. Vieyra''' wrote a cookbook with [[Anglo-Indian cuisine|Anglo-Indian]] recipes at the start of the twentieth century. She was a female cookbook writer with practical ideas about how to combine [[United Kingdom|British]] tastes and eating habits with local ingredients. Her book ''Culinary art sparklets: a treatise on general household information and practical recipes for cooking in all its branches'' (Madras: Vest, 1915)<ref name="Vieyra1915">{{cite book|author=Beatrice A. Vieyra|title=Culinary Art Sparklets: A Treatise on General Household Information and Practical Recipes for Cooking in All Its Branches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NucAMwEACAAJ|year=1915|publisher=Vest}}</ref> has recipes that blend local spices with simple everyday dishes such as hard-boiled eggs. A list of spices in her recipes include [[curry powder]], [[chutney|red pepper, chutneys]] and [[lime (fruit)|lime]] juice, which is used instead of [[lemons]], and local fruits include mangoes. Her book was dedicated to Lady Pentland on the occasion of her visit to [[Travancore|Travancore, a state in India]].

[[File:Beatrice A. Vieyra book cover.jpg|thumb|right|Beatrice Vieyra's book cover]]

Her recipes have been cited by historian [[David Burton (historian)|David Burton]] in his study of food habits ''The Raj at table: a culinary history of the British India'' (London: Faber and Faber, 1993) and by Helen Saberi and David Burnett in their book ''The road to Vindaloo''.<ref name="BurnettSaberi2008">{{cite book|author1=David Burnett|author2=Helen Saberi|title=The Road to Vindaloo: Curry Cooks & Curry Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xc7gAAAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Prospect Books|isbn=978-1-903018-57-6}}</ref>

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