Yamuna Devi
American religious figure, cookbook author, musician and teacher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yamuna Devi (also Yamunā Devī Dāsī; 19 May 1942 – 20 December 2011), born Joan Agnes Campanella in Butte, Montana was an American cookbook author, best known for her 1987 James Beard Foundation Award winning cookbook, Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking. She was also a senior member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).[1][2]
Yamuna Devi | |
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| Born | Joan Agnes Campanella May 19, 1942 |
| Died | December 20, 2011 (aged 69) |
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| Notable work | Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking (1987) |
Devi was part of the early 1960s Beat Generation in North Beach, San Francisco[3] before meeting A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in New York City in 1966; becoming an initiated disciple in 1967.[4][5] In 1968, together with five other Hare Krishna followers, Yamuna flew to London to establish ISKCON in the United Kingdom.[6] There, she helped introduce Beatles guitarist George Harrison to Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy and practice.[7] Yamuna sang co-lead vocals on the 1969 Apple Records "Hare Krishna Mantra" single,[8] which reached number 12 in the UK Chart.[9] She also sang lead vocals on the 1970 Apple Records "Govinda" single, which reached number 23 in the UK Chart.[9] Both appeared on The Radha Krsna Temple album.
From 1970 to 1974 she lived and travelled in India with Srila Prabhupada as part of the World Sankirtan Party.[10]
She has been cited as an inspiration by figures such as Jahnavi Harrison.[11][12][13]
Cookbooks
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Food writer Russ Parsons wrote in Los Angeles Times in 1999 that Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking "is an absolutely fabulous book and certainly not for vegetarians only. The food here is that of traditional Indian vegetarian cuisines--from Gujarat to Bengal, Kashmir to Kerala. It is inventive, exotic and subtle."[14] Publishers Weekly also describes it as an "impressive volume" of "elegant dishes [that] might easily grace the most sophisticated table without a whisper of the pedestrian connotations sometimes associated with vegetarian cooking. A prodigious, 800-page labor of love illustrated with lovely, delicate line drawings."[15]
- Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking. Dutton, 1987. ISBN 978-0525245643.
- The Best of Lord Krishna's Cuisine: Favorite Recipes from the Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking. Penguin, 1991. ISBN 0-452-26683-1.(abridged version of Lord Krishna's Cuisine)
- Yamuna's Table: Healthful Vegetarian Cuisine Inspired by the Flavors of India. Dutton-Penguin Putnam, 1992. ISBN 978-0525934875.
Awards
| Year | Awards and Honors | Book |
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| 1993 | James Beard Foundation Award: International | Yamuna's Table: Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine Inspired by the Flavors of India (1992)[16] |
| 1988 | James Beard Foundation Award: Cookbook of the Year | Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking (1987)[16] |
| 1988 | James Beard Foundation Award: Asian | Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking (1987)[16] |
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