Joyce P Westrip

Joyce P Westrip was born in southern India in 1929, moved to England in 1947 and now lives in Perth, Western Australia. Fascinated by Indian history and culture, she is a regular visitor to the subcontinent and a collector of rare Indian cookbooks. She has presented radio and television programmes on Indian cooking as well as giving talks and classes on the subject. She is the author of Fire and Spice: Parsi Cookery, Moghul Cooking: India's Courtly Cuisine and An ABC of Indian Food, and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2000 for her work promoting cultural links between India and Australia.