The family she learned cooking for encouraged Perzen Patel to take up the art professionally
Text: Farrokh Jijina Photos: Jasmine D. Driver
A display of ginger-soda and raspberry bottles in blue crates at the entrance to the JW Café just off the chic lobby of the new JW Marriott Hotel, Bombay Sahar told us we had reached the right location. "A 10-day food festival to usher in the Parsi New Year in collaboration with the Bawi Bride Kitchen,” the invitation to Parsiana had stated. Referring to "authentic Parsi creations by the one and only Perzen Patel,” and calling her a connoisseur of Parsi food, the invitation quoted Vivek Bhatt, executive chef of the Hotel that "Parsi culture is an integral part of......