A reluctant restaurateur’s tryst with culinary fame

Few books start with an endorsement from India’s richest man. And not just a polite, written-by-staff remark, but the heartfelt statement: “We are three generations of the Ambani family who cannot live without eating a meal from Swati at least once a week,” writes Mukesh Ambani at the start of A Culinary Journey of Hope and Joy, by Asha Jhaveri, who runs the legendary Mumbai restaurant ‘Swati’.

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