Biography
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. She has lived in the USA since 1990. She currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, traveling back to India regularly. Banerji has written for a number of publications, including ''The New York Times'', ''Gastronomica'', ''Gourmet'' and ''Granta''.Works
Banerji is the author of several books: * ''Life and Food in Bengal'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1991 (later abridged as ''Bengali Cooking: Seasons & Festivals'', Serif, 1997) * ''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 * ''Land of Milk and Honey: Travels in the History of Indian Food'', Seagull Books, 2007 * ''Eating India: An Odyssey into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices'', Bloomsbury, 2007Awards and honours
In 1998 and 1999 she received an "additional award" in the Sophie Coe awards for writings on food history.References
Further reading
* * * Living people 1947 births Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Indian emigrants to the United States Food historians {{India-academic-bio-stub