Heirloom Cities: MUMBAI (Sri Bodanapu)

Winner of the 2026 James Beard Award for Design!

Contributors:

- Rushina Munshaw Ghildyal - editorial 

- Bhavya Pansari - photography

- Nandini Thirani - design

Heirloom Cities: MUMBAI is a journey through the city’s kitchens, street stalls, and dining tables—where food is memory, ritual, and inheritance. part essay collection, part recipe book, and part informal guide, it unpacks mumbai’s layered culinary history through personal stories, cultural insights, and shared meals.

A beautifully crafted coffee table book, Mumbai offers readers a journey into the city’s vibrant food culture and contemporary dining scene. From the bustling street side vada pav stalls to the refined elegance of the city’s finest restaurants, Mumbai weaves together narratives of tradition, innovation and the rituals that define how the city eats, cooks and remembers.