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I have spent two days in the kitchen and I hate it. I realize now that this is going to be much more difficult than I had imagined. The other cooks do not really want to teach me, they hate telling me their cookery secrets. Oh Allah! What have I got into? Rohin is fifteen and, despite his father's wishes, wants nothing to do with science in school. But what does he want to do instead? On vacation at his grandparents' rambling haveli in Lucknow, he stumbles upon the secret diary of fifteen-year-old Hassan Ali, or Hasnu, reluctant cook's apprentice, the despair of his father and black sheep in a long line of illustrious chefs to the nawabs of Lucknow. As Rohin reads the story of Hasnu's doomed culinary career, he decides he has to track down Hasnu and find out what happened to the Bekaar Bawarchi. Did he escape the kitchen? What did he do instead? And how did he tell his father he didn't want to be a cook? Rohin's search unearths some hilarious stories - of spotted eggs; how a famous actress demanded a hot meal; the disappearance of a khandani khazana; of friends and kitchens...And one day Rohin realizes what it is he wants to do with his own life.

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Author:   SUBHADRA SEN GUPTA
Publisher:   Penguin Random House India
Imprint:   Puffin
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 19.80cm
ISBN:  

9780143331759

ISBN 10:   0143331752
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   15 September 2011
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 14 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Subhadra Sen Gupta has written over twenty-five books for children including mysteries, historical adventures, ghost stories and comic books. She and illustrator Tapas Guha do the Feluda Mysteries comics series for Puffin. Right now she is waiting for someone to build a time machine so that she can travel to the past and join Emperor Akbar for lunch. She loves to travel, chat to auto rickshaw drivers, and sit and watch people.

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