madhur jaffreys cookbook food pdf Madhur Jaffrey  CBE (born Bahadur  13 August 1933) is an Indian-born actress  food and travel writer  and television personality She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the Americas with her debut cookbook  An Invitation to Indian Cooking (1973)  which was inducted into the James Beard Foundationâ€™s Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2006