Yamuna Devi

Yamuna Devi was part of the early 1960s Beat Generation in North Beach, San Francisco^[4] before meeting A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in New York City in 1966; she became an initiated disciple in 1967.^[5][6] In 1968, with five other Hare Krishna followers, Devi flew to London to establish ISKCON in the United Kingdom.^[7] There, she helped introduce Beatles guitarist George Harrison to Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy and practice.^[8] She sang co-lead vocals on the 1969 Apple Records "Hare Krishna Mantra" single,^[9] which reached number 12 in the UK Chart.^[10] She also sang lead vocals on the 1970 Apple Records "Govinda" single, which reached number 23 in the UK Chart.^[10] Both appeared on The Radha Krsna Temple album.

From 1970 to 1974, she lived and travelled in India with Srila Prabhupada as part of the World Sankirtan Party.^[11]

She has been cited as an inspiration by figures such as Jahnavi Harrison.^[12][13][14]

Food writer Russ Parsons wrote in the Los Angeles Times in 1999 that Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking "is an absolutely fabulous book and certainly not for vegetarians only. The food here is that of traditional Indian vegetarian cuisines--from Gujarat to Bengal, Kashmir to Kerala. It is inventive, exotic and subtle."^[15] Publishers Weekly described it as an "impressive volume" of "elegant dishes [that] might easily grace the most sophisticated table without a whisper of the pedestrian connotations sometimes associated with vegetarian cooking. A prodigious, 800-page labor of love illustrated with lovely, delicate line drawings."^[16]

• Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking. Dutton, 1987. ISBN 978-0525245643.
• The Best of Lord Krishna's Cuisine: Favorite Recipes from the Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking. Penguin, 1991. ISBN 0-452-26683-1.(abridged version of Lord Krishna's Cuisine)
• Yamuna's Table: Healthful Vegetarian Cuisine Inspired by the Flavors of India. Dutton-Penguin Putnam, 1992. ISBN 978-0525934875.