Would you call it a cookbook if there are poems of Khalil Gibran and Hafiz, interspersed with stunning shots of nature, along with recipes of minimal cooking? That’s home chef Annuradha Toshniwal’s carefully-crafted seven booklets dedicated to different courses. The recipes are based on themes—pleasure (drinks, appetisers, dips and snacks); beauty (salads); abundance (soups and international fare), communication (desi khana), warmth (rice and kadhi); focus (breads and bakes); and joy (desserts)—to make it easier to locate a dish that you want to make, without having to browse an entire book. A labour of love, 70 Unlocked: Nourishing the Spirit, has taken 70 weeks to complete since the first lockdown in March 2020.

Broccoli cutlets