Full of eccentric characters, hilarious cultural mishaps, vivid settings and delicious meals described in rich, sensuous detail, Hassan’s charming account lays bare the inner workings of the elite world of French haute cuisine, and pro- vides a life-affirming and poignant coming-of-age tale. – – AlmaBooks.com

The Hundred-Foot Journey is about how the hundred-foot distance between a new Indian kitchen and a traditional French one can represent the gulf be- tween different cultures and desires. A testament to the inevitability of destiny, this is a fable for the ages—charming, endearing, and compulsively readable. – – Simon and Schuster

“Precise descriptive writing offers much to savor in this bouillabaisse of a first novel.” – – Kirkus Reviews