Richard C. Morais

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Richard C. Morais is the editor of Penta, a Barron’s website and quarterly magazine. An American raised in Switzerland, Morais has lived most of his life overseas, returning to the United States in 2003. He is the author of The Hundred-Foot Journey and Buddhaland Brooklyn. He lives in New York City.

Books by this Author

Buddhaland Brooklyn

By Richard C. Morais

Wanderlust

By Alice Hoffman, Kate Morton, Anuradha Roy, Annia Ciezadlo, Christina Meldrum, Samuel Park, Kimberley Freeman, and Richard C. Morais

The Hundred-Foot Journey

By Richard C. Morais

Videos

The Hundred-Foot Journey

Recipes from The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais

Experience the World of Cooking with writer Richard Morais

My Life in 8 Words

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Simply unable to do things conventionally.

Author Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim?

A. Do the absolute best you can. And then enjoy a rather large glass of wine.

Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?

A. Decency, imagination, sense of humor

Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?

A. Friends and family on long table in a summer garden, enjoying delicious home-cooked food, lots of vino, and much animated talk.

Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?

A. Any character from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridien

Q. What’s your greatest flaw?

A. Impatience.

Author Interviews

Q&A with Floyd Cardoz, Executive Chef of Tabla

Chef Floyd Cardoz is the Executive Chef of Tabla, a groundbreaking restaurant in New York City that serves New Indian cuisine cooked with the sensual flavors and spices of his native land. He is also the author of One Spice, Two Spice: American Food, Indian Flavors. Here he talks with author Richard C. Morais about writing The Hundred-Foot Journey.

Chef Cardoz: Hi Richard. I should start by saying how much I enjoyed The Hundred-Foot...

A Q&A with Richard Morais

Author Richard C. Morais sat down with some fans at Simon & Schuster offices in New York to discuss The Hundred-Foot Journey. Here is a look at that conversation.

Hi Richard. Thank you for being here today. Your novel is about an Indian chef who becomes a three-star French chef in Paris. The protagonist, a Muslim Indian named Hassan Haji, tells the story of his “journey” and how he got to this elevated position. We hear you had never even been to India when you...

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