Vikas
Khanna's
16-kg
book
on
cuisine
for
festivals
and
rituals
of
Indian
communities
will
be
unveiled
at
Cannes,
after
which
the
Michelin
star
chef
will
get
12
of
its
copies
signed
by
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
to
be
gifted
to
world
leaders.
The
book
titled
"Utsav
-
A
culinary
epic
of
Indian
festivals" will
be
showcased
at
Cannes
on
May
17
during
the
Cannes
International
Film
Festival,
which
opens
on
May
13.
"I
am
gifting
(the
book)
to
Narendra
Modi
first
before
I
take
it
to
the
world
leaders
because
he
is
representing
the
Indian
crown
right
now.
The
first
book
will
go
to
him
after
I
come
back
from
America.
I've
spoken
to
an
official
from
his
office.
I
haven't
spoken
to
him
yet,"
Masterchef
India
host,
Khanna
told.
"So,
after
that
we
will
start
giving
the
books
to
everyone
(honourees).
I
want
Mr.
Modi
to
sign
those
12
books
which
will
be
given
to
the
Queen
of
England,
the
White
House...
I
want
the
book
to
be
a
gift
from
him,"
he
said.
"I
will
make
sure
I
deliver
them
to
the
world
leaders.
The
book
will
be
launched
worldwide
on
Diwali,"
added
the
Amritsar-born
chef.
Written
with
pure
gold
ink,
the
over
1,000-page
coffee
table
book,
published
by
Bloomsbury
Publishing,
contains
1,000
recipes
from
70
Indian
festivals.
"The
price
of
the
book
will
start
from
eight
lakh.
You
cannot
go
to
any
book
store
or
Amazon
store
to
purchase
it
initially,
because
it's
an
aspirational
project.
The
first
few
copies
have
gold
used
in
them...
pure
gold
inks
have
been
used
for
writing,"
Khanna
said.
"It's
a
coffee
table
book...It
comes
in
a
large
box
which
I
call
the
'cradle'.
The
book
is
approximately
1,200
large
pages...so,
if
you
talk
about
regular
pages,
it
would
be
approximately
3,000
pages,"
he
added.