A selection of Korean cuisine from the Madras Cookbook Club’s potluck
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There is lo-fi music playing on the television, fairy lights strung up on the walls and loud chatter all around at Akshitha Praveen’s home on a rainy Saturday evening. Every time the doorbell rings, someone walks in holding a casserole or a tray of food which is promptly then arranged on a table — the pièce de résistance which has everything from kimbap and kimchi to fried chicken. This is how every potluck at the Madras Cookbook Club begins; with ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ over the dish each member brings in, and spirited conversation about the day of cooking preceded this. “We started off with an idea for a supper club, but given our schedules, thought that this worked better. The idea was to build a community of people who wanted to come together and cook,” says Akshitha, who began the cookbook club with her friend Akshita Mucherla.
Every month, the members pick a cookbook and cook a recipe of their choice
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