Tamarind Tree Books Inc : 5 books

The Cochinim (as the Jews from Cochin are called in Israel), like Jews across the world, love their food. However, their diet does not have the bland cholent, kishke and gefilte that are considered traditional Jewish fare. Throughout the 2000 years of their joyful history in the erstwhile Kingdom...

The world’s climate is deteriorating. The planet is slowly suffering destruction at the hands of its human inhabitants. And world leaders have remained ineffectual in creating real change. Until now. After a series of catastrophic natural events happen on U.S. and Canadian soil — leaving thousands...

The exotic, kosher cuisine of the Cochinis is part of an important story about a microscopic community of Jews that had a joyful existence in a remote corner of India called the Kingdom of Cochin for two millennia. Living on the lush, rain-swept Malabar coast, they flourished without discrimination...

Rice (ari in Judeo-Malayalam) has always been the staple food of the tiny community of Jews from the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin in Kerala. Rice also has spiritual and religious connotations, because of its association with weddings, festivals and other life cycle events. Kerala is famous for its...

The Cochinim (as the Jews from Cochin are called in Israel), love their food. Living for around 2000 years on the lush, monsoon-swept Malabar coast in the southwestern corner of India, this close-knit, orthodox community stayed true to the dietary rules of the Bible, adapting the abundant and exotic...