The Comfort Food Handbook
The Comfort Food Handbook
by Atharva Inamdar
The Comfort Food Handbook is a food & kitchen book by Atharva Inamdar with a focus on Indian Cuisine. From recipes to food philosophy, this book takes readers on a culinary journey rooted in culture, memory, and tradition. Food writing at its best connects what we eat with how we live, and this work brings that connection to the page. Written in 2016 and published in 2018 by The Book Nexus, this work spans 35,985 words across approximately 144 pages.
The indian cuisine focus gives this book a specific angle within the broader food & kitchen genre, offering readers a targeted exploration of ideas and themes that matter within this space.
Reading Experience
At 35,985 words across roughly 144 pages, this one runs about 3 hours of reading time. Long enough to dig into its subject properly, short enough that it does not lose you along the way. For food & kitchen, this length tends to work well — room to develop ideas without padding.
About the Author
The Comfort Food Handbook was written in 2016, when Atharva Inamdar was 19 and developing what would become The Vomit Method — marathon writing sessions of 20 hours a day, 15 days straight, to finish a book. The food & kitchen work from this period reflects a writer pushing hard to find his voice. The food writing connects back to Pune and Maharashtra — the flavors and food traditions here are personal, not researched from a distance.
Publication History
The Comfort Food Handbook was published on November 4th, 2018, one of 11 books released that month as part of a catalog-wide publishing effort. Originally written in 2016, it reached publication 2 years later — not unusual for a catalog where some books waited years for the right moment. Published through The Book Nexus, the Indian publishing entity that handles ISBN management and distribution for the full catalog. ISBN: 978-93-7184-185-6. 2018 saw 110 titles published in total across the catalog.
Explore This Genre
The Comfort Food Handbook is one of 50 books in the food & kitchen category within this catalog. Readers who enjoy this book may find themselves drawn to other food & kitchen titles in the collection, each approaching the genre from a different angle and with a different focus. The indian cuisine focus specifically connects this book to a tradition of writing that values depth over breadth, offering readers something targeted rather than general.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- The Book Nexus
- ISBN-13
- 978-93-7184-185-6
- Year Written
- 2016