Martin’s Press, 2002), James Beard Award Finalist, Best International Cookbook The Turmeric Trail: Recipes and Memories from an Indian Childhood (St.Betty Crocker’s Indian Home Cooking (Wiley, ,2001).His work has appeared in hundreds of radio and TV shows across the country, including All Things Considered, Martha Steward Radio, The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper. Fluent in more than six languages Iyer regularly leads food and cultural tours to India. Co-founder of the Asian Culinary Arts Institute Ltd dedicated to the preservation, understanding, and enjoyment of the culinary arts of Asia, Iyer served as the past president of the Board of Directors for International Association of Culinary Professionals. Iyer is a frequent contributor to Eating Well Magazine, Cooking Light, Fine Cooking, Saveur, Weight Watchers Magazine, Cooking Pleasures, Gastronomica, and Cured. Named by as one of the top 100 influencers for home cooks in 2017 (alongside names like Julia Child and James Beard), featured in the New York Times twice, including their Thanksgiving feature in 2016, and profiled in the Minnesota Monthly. He was host of the Emmy Award winning PBS documentary, Asian Flavors in 2013. He is currently at work on securing a sponsorship for a thirteen-part national PBS TV series, Indian Cooking Unfolded, based on his fourth book by the same name.

He just launched a restaurant concept Pizza Karma to great reviews that showcases the global nature of this ubiquitous pie using Tandoor-fired ovens. A highly innovative chef, he created shelf-stable, ready-to-eat meals for Target’s Archer Farms brand, and, launched a line of roasted spice blends, sold online as well as through specialty shops. In this capacity, he helped launch an Indian Meals program for Bon Appetit Management by training chefs in over seventy-five workshops across the U.S.

An IACP award-winning culinary educator, journalist, media spokesperson, he has consulted with such international food giants as General Mills, Bon Appetit Management, Target, Idaho Potato Commission, and Canola. For more than two decades, Iyer has shared his knowledge and passion for the food of his homeland. Raghavan Iyer is the author of six best-selling cookbooks on Indian cuisine including 660 Curries, the basis of the James Beard Award video series, released on.

660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer