 In fact it was a long essay that BB wrote in the "Ananda Bazar Patrika", serialised in 1971 (1–4 January) under the title "Bhojon Rashik Bangali".It is his daughter Damayanti Basu Singh who in 2005 published the essay in the form a small book and herself provided recipes of the dishes referred to by BB.Damayanti said, 'My father, Buddhadeva Bose, was a small man and a frugal eater.