Kathmandu, Feb. 15 -- There has been a feast of new books covering Nepali cuisine and recipes in recent years: A Taste of Nepal, The Rana Cookbook, Nepali Home Cooking & Healthy Living, Timmur. The list goes on.

Rohini "Dolly" Rana, the author of The Rana Cookbook: Recipes from the Palaces of Nepal, has now come out with yet another book, The Nepal Cook Book: 108 Regional Recipes. And unlike her previous collection which focused on the royal cuisine of her Rana clan, this one spreads across Nepal to extol the country's culinary diversity.

Rana's second book is not just a sequel to Rana recipes, but also a sort of supplement to Timmur, Prashant Khanal's food tour of 12 of Nepal's main ethnic groups. The Nepal Cook Book divides up the wor...