Yamuna Devi Explained

Yamuna Devi
Birth Name:Joan Agnes Campanella
Birth Date:19 May 1942
Birth Place:Butte, Montana
Notable Works:Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking (1987)

Yamuna Devi (also ; 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]

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

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]

Awards

Year Awards and Honors Book
1993 Yamuna's Table: Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine Inspired by the Flavors of India (1992)[16]
1988 Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking (1987)
1988 Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking (1987)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bryant . Edwin and Maria Ekstrand . The Hare Krishna movement : the postcharismatic fate of a religious transplant . 2004 . Columbia University Press . 9780231122566 . New York, NY . 301.
  2. Book: Rochford . E. Burke . Hare Krishna Transformed . 2007 . New York University Press . 9780814775783 . New York, NY . 128.
  3. Book: Devi . Dinatarini . Yamuna Devi : a life of unalloyed devotion . 2014 . Unalloyed . Alachua, Florida . 978-0-9914350-0-5 . 16.
  4. Book: Devi . Dinatarini . Yamuna Devi : a life of unalloyed devotion . 2014 . Unalloyed . Alachua, Florida . 978-0-9914350-0-5 . 67.
  5. Web site: Disciples of Srila Prabhupada . Krishna.com . 30 January 2022.
  6. Oakes . Philip . Chanting Does Wonders For New Missionary Group . The Calgary Herald . February 1, 1969 . 25 . 30 January 2022 . Calgary, Alberta . English . 0828-1815.
  7. Book: Greene . Joshua . Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison . 2006 . Bantam . London . 9780553817966 . 152 . 30 January 2022.
  8. Book: Greene . Joshua . Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison . 2006 . Bantam . London . 9780553817966 . 175 . 30 January 2022.
  9. Web site: UK Official Charts – Radha Krishna Temple . UK Official Charts . 30 January 2022.
  10. Berne . Suzanne . Last Morsel: East Meets West . Vegetarian Times . November 1993 . 195 . 120 . 30 January 2022 . Active Interest Media, Inc. . en . 0164-8497.
  11. Web site: Jahnavi Harrison's First Album Takes Us On an Introspective Journey . ISKCON News . 14 August 2015 . 30 January 2022.
  12. Web site: On being a voice in the global kirtan choir: Jahnavi Harrison . Hindu American . 8 October 2021 . 30 January 2022.
  13. Web site: Episode #13 – Jahnavi Harrison, part 2 . The Late Morning Program . 12 January 2019 . 30 January 2022.
  14. Web site: Cookbook Watch. Parsons. Russ. September 24, 2024. June 9, 1999. Los Angeles Times.
  15. Web site: Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking. September 24, 2024. Publishers Weekly.
  16. Web site: James Beard Awards: Yamuna Devi. December 12, 2023. James Beard Foundation Award.

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