Feasts and fasts : a history of food in India /

From dal to samosas, paneer to vindaloo, dosa to naan, Indian food is diverse and wide-ranging-unsurprising when you consider India's incredible range of climates, languages, religions, tribes, and customs. Its cuisine differs from north to south, yet what is it that makes Indian food recogniza...

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Main Author: Sen, Colleen Taylor (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2015
Series:Foods and nations.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Feasts and Fasts: A History of Food in India; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: Climate, Crops and Prehistory; Two: The Age of Ritual, 1700-1100 BCE; Three: The Renunciant Tradition and Vegetarianism, 1000-300 BCE ; Four: Global India and the New Orthodoxy, 300 BCE
  • 500 CE ; Five: New Religious Trends and Movements: Feasting and Fasting, 500-1000 CE ; Six: Food and Indian Doctors, 600 Bce-600 CE ; Seven: The Middle Ages: The Manasolassa, Lokopakara and Regional Cuisines, 600-1300 CE; Eight: The Delhi Sultanate: Ni'matnama, Supa Shastra and Ksemakutuhalam, 1300-1550.
  • Nine: The Mughal Dynasty and its Successors, 1526-1857Ten: The Europeans, the Princes and their Legacy, 1500-1947; Eleven: An Overview of Indian Cuisine: The Meal, Cooking Techniques and Regional Variations; Twelve: New Trends in Indian Food, 1947-Present; Thirteen: The Food of the Indian Diaspora; Timeline; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index.