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| Born | Joan Agnes Campanella (1942-05-19)May 19, 1942 |
| Died | December 20, 2011(2011-12-20) (aged 69) |
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| Notable work | Lord Krishna's Cuisine (1987) Yamuna's Table (1993) |
Yamuna Devi (alsoYamunā Devī Dāsī; 19 May 1942 – 20 December 2011), bornJoan Agnes Campanella inButte, Montana, was an American cookbook author, best known for her 1987International Association of Culinary Professionals/Seagram winning cookbook,Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking.[1]
She was a senior member of theInternational Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).[2][3]
Devi was part of the early 1960sBeat Generation inNorth Beach, San Francisco[4] before meetingA. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada inNew York City in 1966; she became an initiated disciple in 1967.[5][6] In 1968, with five otherHare Krishna followers, Devi flew toLondon to establish ISKCON in theUnited Kingdom.[7] There, she helped introduceBeatles guitaristGeorge Harrison toGaudiya Vaishnava philosophy and practice.[8] She sang co-lead vocals on the 1969Apple Records "Hare Krishna Mantra" single,[9] which reached number 12 in the UK Chart.[10] She also sang lead vocals on the 1970 Apple Records "Govinda" single, which reached number 23 in the UK Chart.[10] Both appeared onThe Radha Krsna Temple album.
From 1970 to 1974, she lived and travelled inIndia with Srila Prabhupada as part of the World Sankirtan Party.[11]
She has been cited as an inspiration by figures such asJahnavi Harrison.[12][13][14]
Food writerRuss Parsons wrote in theLos Angeles Times in 1999 thatLord 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."[15]Publishers Weekly described 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."[16]
| 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)[17] |
| 1988 | IACP/Seagram Award: Cookbook of the Year | Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking (1987)[1] |
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