Baking a Dream by Kainaz Messman is an invitation to sit on their dinner table and be privy to a 15- year journey as a family baked Theobroma into Mumbaiu2019s nascent patisserie scene AS the rickshaw stops outside building No. 33 in Deonar village, we know we have arrived, for the building is painted in the exact shade of pista- green as the takeaway box of Theobroma that we flipped open so many times for a millionaire brownie. On the agenda is a meeting with founder- owner and chef Kainaz Messman, whose book Baking a Dream ( Harper Collins) co- authored with sister Tina Messman Wykes, is set to release on March 13.

Dressed in a sunshine yellow top and pants, her poker straight hair is pulled behind her ears, like always. We glance at the collection of cookbooks when she offers to make us a short espresso. As the coffee machine wheezes, we flip through the book and meet the Messmansu2014 Farokh, wife Kamal and their daughters Tina and Kainaz.