Parsi Food and Drink and Customs Review I like this book because it has a lot of recipes I remember and has become a regular used book --By 24321431 13 Jun. 2014For those that do not know, the term "Parsi" refers to people of the Zoroastrian/Zarathusti religion who left Iran and migrated to India over a thousand years ago to avoid religious persecution. There are only approximatley 150,000 Parsi's in the world today, predominantly in India, but scattered world side. The Parsi's have their own culture and cuisine which is very different from that of the rest of India. The first 86 pages of this book are about Parsi customs, including Navjote (a Bat Mitzvah like ceremony), marriage, death, Navroz (new year), etc... The next 300+ pages consist of recepies compiled by the author from a variety of sources (although mainly her family's recepies) including multiple recepies for the same dish for you to pick and choose from (i.e. there are 2 alternative recepies for dhan sakh, plus alternative recepies for masala ni dar, val ni dar, etc...). The book has the best recepie for Dhan Sakh I've tasted outside of India. The only problem is not being in India, some of the ingredients and measurements will have to be translated/converted to make sense (i.e. some recepies ask for 1 1/2 kilos of lamb, 100g cholai bhaji, etc...). Definitely get this book if you either are Parsi and trying to cook like mamaiji used to, or are interested in trying a completely new and unique food that you will never find in any Indian restaurant. --By Behram ParekhI bought this book for my wife who has been using it for the last 10 years at least. The first book has seen better days and needs replacing, hence the purchase. You can't get much better when cooking Parsi dishes. I would recommend it to anyony, having sampled the end products. --By Sarosh J. Ghandy 16 July 2014