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'''Chitrita Banerji''' is a [[Food history|historian]] of [[Indian cuisine]]. She specialises in [[Bengali cuisine]], and is also an author, novelist and translator. Her work explores the relationship between memory, history, culture, religion and food.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Banerji was born in 1947, and grew up in [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata). She originates from West Bengal, but spent seven years living in Bangladesh (formerly East Bengal). At the age of 20 she went to [[Harvard University]] where she did her master's degree in [[English language|English]].<ref>http://www.timeoutdubai.com/restaurants/features/2541-chitrita-banerji</ref> She has lived in the USA since 1990. She currently lives in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], traveling back to India regularly.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}<br />
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Banerji has written for a number of publications, including ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''Gastronomica'', ''Gourmet'' and ''Granta''.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}<br />
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==Works==<br />
Banerji is the author of several books:<br />
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* ''Life and Food in Bengal'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1991 (later abridged as ''Bengali Cooking: Seasons & Festivals'', Serif, 1997)<br />
* ''The Hour of the Goddess: Memories of Women, Food, and Ritual in Bengal'', Seagull Books, 2001. Paperback edition by Penguin Books, 2006. New edition titled ''Feeding the Gods'', published by Seagull Books, 2006<br />
* ''Land of Milk and Honey: Travels in the History of Indian Food'', Seagull Books, 2007<br />
* ''Eating India: An Odyssey into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices'', Bloomsbury, 2007<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
In 1998 and 1999 she received an "additional award" in the [[Sophie Coe]] awards for writings on food history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rdeh.tripod.com/sophiecoe.html|title=Sophie Coe Memorial Prize|accessdate=December 7, 2018|publisher=Petits Propos Culinaires}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/05/opinion/05banerji.html|title=Poor Calcutta |last=Banerji |first=Chitrita |date=5 September 2007|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2009-06-29}}<br />
*{{cite news|url=http://www.indianewengland.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=447F49D6983D4150BAE3CBE069E79B4C|title=Tracing taste|last=Rajagopalan|first=Meera|date=August 1–15, 2007|work=India New England|accessdate=2009-06-29}}<br />
*{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Kitchens-of-India/271640/|title=Kitchens of India|last=Majumdar|first=Anushree |date=11 February 2008|work=Express India|accessdate=2009-06-29}}<br />
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