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Nina Mukerjee Furstenau

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Nina Mukerjee Furstenau is a journalist, author, and editor of the FoodStory book series for the University of Iowa Press. She was a Fulbright Global research scholar in Kolkata, India, is on the board of directors for Media for Change, and has won the MFK Fisher Book Award, the Grand Prize Award for Culture/Culinary Writing from Les Dames d'Escoffier International, a Kansas Notable Book award, and more.

Her upcoming book, Green Chili & Other Impostors (Nov 2021), will be published as Chilies, Channa & Rasa in India . Other published works include the award-wining Biting Through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland, Tasty! Mozambique, and Savor Missouri: River Hills Country Food and Wine. Nina's work appears as a contributor in ...more

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COLUMBIA, Missouri — The MU food writers are hitting the trail for Florence and Siena, Italy. I am excited to say that seven journalists–Chole Castelberry, Breckyn Crocker, Molly Curry, Christine Jackson, Elizabeth Johnson, Claire Lardizabal and Faith Vickery–are joining my class this summer.

We’ll give repeated and detailed attention to balsamic. To prosciutto. To pasta. Ditto, Parmesa

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	Pie & Whiskey: Writers under the Influence of Butter & Booze by Kate Lebo (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samuel Ligon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Virginia Reeves (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.98 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Biting through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland 3.76 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Chili and Other Impostors 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chillies, Chhana, and Rasa: Heritage Foods of Bengal 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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