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Volume 1 Product details
- Paperback: 792 pages
- Language: Gujarati
- ISBN-10: 1724206532
- ISBN-13: 978-1724206534
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.8 x 9 inches
Volume 2 Product details
- Paperback: 778 pages
- Language: Gujarati
- ISBN-10: 1724202332
- ISBN-13: 978-1724202338
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.8 x 9 inches
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Thank you Rashida. So glad this book is being downloaded into homes and read. Our food and history should be celebrated.
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From where can I buy Vividh Vani cookbook. I am interested.
Meher, you can buy the Vividh Vani cookbook from Amazon.com (USA or UK).
Vividh Vani. (Volume 1 and 2): In Gujarati Language.
Author: Meherbai Jamshedji Nusserwanji Wadia Collection of 2180 Recipes
Published by ParsiCuisine.com
Vividh Vani was registered in 1867 by Ms Jehangir Behramji Marzban Co.
Last version in Gujarati language was printed in 1926 by Jame Jamshed Printing Works, in Bombay, India.
Direct link to purchase is https://amzn.to/2u4JHuI
Rita