Madhur Jaffrey's Quick and Easy Indian Cooking

A domestic region, defined by time rather than geography, is plumbed in Chronicle's Patio Daddy-o: `50's Recipes with a `90's Twist. Authors Gideon Bosker, Karen Brooks, Leland Payton and Crystal Payton gather representative recipes (Maverick Martini; Mondo Bongo BBQ Chicken) and illustrations that seem lifted right out of Eisenhower-era family magazines. The recipes, while nostalgic, are for now (calling for creme fraiche, small Japanese eggplants and food processors). Dagwood and Elsie the Cow are featured. (Cloth $12.95 96p ISBN 0-8118-0871-8; June)