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The Gourmet Cartographer lives in Brooklyn and works in the editorial department of a large New York publishing company, where she edits textbooks for middle schoolers. She grew up outside of Boston, with frequent trips to Bombay, where she gobbled up chutney and cheese dosas from the roadside and was fed on her nani’s Kutchi / Gujurati foods at a big old bhooth bungalow (ghost house) in Malabar Hill. The GC’s route can be charted from there to Baltimore, where she lived for four years, to Astoria, Queens. A lack of floorspace drove her to Park Slope, where she currently lives and keeps her food-mapping studio.

[the GC as a child]

The Gourmet Cartographer enjoys:
books
belle and sebastian and bessie smith
warm weather
tank tops
flip flops
avocados
pinching chubby babies
and pumpkin-picking in autumn.

Please write with any recipes or tips about buried turnips to:

traderjanki [at] gmail [dot] com

10 Responses to “the gourmet cartographer”

on May 29, 2007 at 11:09 pm1 Ann

Hi Janki, Thanks for the great review…we miss you!..Come back and see us soon..Ann
on August 20, 2007 at 3:42 pm2 Amit

Grew up in Boston? Whereabouts? Do you still have family here?
on October 29, 2007 at 12:38 am3 Aarti

Hi there, just stumbled upon your blog a few days ago, thanks to the kashmiri-chai post on Nirali, and wanted to gush for a sentence or two as to how awesome it is :) As a fellow foodie and herbivore, it’s so refreshing to see someone portray vegetarianism as something that’s limitless and not constraining…keep cartographing :) (PS: I’m going to Bombay later this week and will be sure to check out the paneer bhurji stall guy, thanks to your raving review)
on October 29, 2007 at 3:32 pm4 traderjanki

Hey Aarti,

Thanks so much! Definitely check out the paneer bhurji….it is sooooo tasty and the rotis are so thin and delicious! Let me know if you eat anywhere super yummy while you’re in Bombay- and have a good time!
on November 27, 2007 at 10:29 am5 Aarti

you’ve hit most of the places i went to throughout your blog but i did check out this relatively new pan-asian place called “Lemon Grass” at Phoenix Mills…definitely worth trying. it’s an awesome one-stop place for an eclectic array of Korean, Burmese, Thai and even Tibetan, i think. definitely give it a go on your next trip :)
on November 28, 2007 at 10:17 am6 traderjanki

Hi Aarti,

I’ll definitely check out Lemon Grass the next time I’m in Bombay. It sounds totally delicious.
on December 4, 2007 at 3:09 pm7 robbie

Dude! Janki, I recommended Lemon Grass in my list of fave Bombay places to eat that you asked me for like 5 weeks ago! You’ve heard of it!

Except, I’ve only been to the one in Bandra. Killer Malaysian penang curry.
on December 4, 2007 at 3:15 pm8 traderjanki

Hi Robbie,

Thanks for pointing that out- I forgot you recommended it.
on January 9, 2008 at 3:55 pm9 Qsoz

Oy!
on July 17, 2008 at 9:26 pm10 neha

hi janki,

i came across to your blog by accidently….actually my friend was asking me about the receipe of handvo and i asked her to google it. then at the evening i started myself googlein about handvo . i found your blog very interesting .. receipe reading was never so interesting ……….your narratting skill is so mouthwatering ….tht i felt the dish is infront of me only……..particulary the grandma’s ragada patties……….it looks so delicious…….if pssble could u please mail me its receipe……….thanx

will wait for ur next mouthwatering post

neha