Travels Through The Tamil Kitchen

"She carries a note book and a measuring tape to kitchens to measure things, including stainless-steel cooking pots of various shapes. She sketches, makes floor plans. After visiting 20 kitchens, she is compelled to view them as landscapes. They are often like a whole village, she says, the base for people to float in and out. They open to people outside family, they tell you how people live. “Cooking and living are combined in a private Indian family kitchen.” The Indian kitchen is flexible, meant to include family / friends, unlike Western ones which are closed, functional, modern, with all amenities."

Saito is researching for her book Travels Through The Tamil Kitchen to be published by Tara Books. 

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