I found my long lost copy of Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookbook. I love that book. It's well worn, spice infused, turmeric and cayenne stained pages taught me the joys of taking the time to cook Indian cuisine. The love of her recipes, the colours and smells and flavours have endured. My patience for detailed steps, however, got vaporized somewhere during the raising of family, career building, dog-parks and mom-to-horse-barn-taxi service. I'm a follow the recipe (mostly) once,