Pushpesh Pant

{{Short description|Indian food critic and historian}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Pushpesh Pant

| image = Pushpesh Pant Indian historian and food critic.jpg

| caption =at Gujarat Literature Festival Ahmedabad on 16 December 2016

| birth_date ={{Birth year and age|1946}}

| birth_place = Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand

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| nationality = Indian

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| known_for = India: The Cookbook (2011) (book)
Raja, Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyaan (2014) (TV series)

| occupation = academic, food critic, food historian, international relation expert

| awards = * Padma Shri (2016)

| signature = Pushpesh Pant Autograph.svg

}}

Pushpesh Pant (born 1946) is an Indian academic, food critic and historian.{{cite web|author=FP Staff|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/textbooks-and-cartoons-thorat-committee-reiterates-what-govt-wants-365055.html |title=Textbooks and cartoons: 'Thorat committee reiterates what govt wants' |publisher=Firstpost |access-date=2012-08-03}} He retired as a Professor of International relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.{{cite web|url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/ppant/ |title=Prof. Pushpesh K Pant |publisher=Jnu.ac.in |access-date=2012-08-03}} He is one of India's leading experts on International Relations as well as Indian cuisine, and as a columnist has written for a number of major publications like Forbes,{{cite web|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/recliner/the-science-and-sensuality-of-taste/33014/1 |title=Forbes India Magazine - The Science and Sensuality of Taste |publisher=Forbesindia.com |access-date=2012-08-03}} Open,{{cite web|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/arts-letters/a-paean-to-the-paan |title=A Paean to the Paan |publisher=OPEN Magazine |access-date=2012-08-03}} Outlook,{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?279396 |title=The State Highway To Aoshi | Pushpesh Pant |publisher=Outlookindia.com |access-date=2012-08-03}} Times of India{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/delhis-century/top-stories/Delhi-cious/articleshow/11058149.cms |title=Delhi-cious - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2011-12-10 |access-date=2012-08-03}} and The Tribune.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120304/spectrum/food.htm |title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |access-date=2012-08-03}}

His book, India: The Cookbook (2011), was named by The New York Times as one of the best cookbooks of the year.{{cite news |title=The Year's Best Cookbooks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/dining/08books.html?pagewanted=all |work= The New York Times |date=7 December 2010 }}

Prof. Pant was also featured in Raja, Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyaan, an Indian television series on Indian cuisine available on The EPIC Channel.{{cite news |title=A real taste of India| url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/484709/a-real-taste-india.html| publisher= Deccan Herald |date=20 June 2015}} The series gives an inside look into the royal kitchens of India and also explores the history behind the cuisine of the Indian royals, showing how dishes were discovered, and their significance in Indian history.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}}

He was also featured in an interview in The Australian.{{cite news |title=Food guru serves up the spice of life |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/food-wine/food-guru-serves-up-the-spice-of-life/story-e6frg8jo-1226000452748 |publisher= The Australian |date=5 February 2011 }}

The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135783 | title=Padma Awards 2016 | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=2 February 2016}}