Feasts and Fasts
A History of Food in India
Seiten
2014
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78023-352-9 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78023-352-9 (ISBN)
Feasts and Fasts: A History of Indian Food is an exploration of Indian cuisine in the context of the country's religious, moral, social and philosophical development.
What is it that makes Indian food so recognizably Indian, and how did it get that way? Feasts and Fasts: A History of Food in India is an exploration of Indian cuisine in the context of the country’s religious, moral, social and philosophical development. It addresses topics such as dietary prescriptions and proscriptions, the origins of vegetarianism, culinary borrowings and innovations, the use of spices and the inseparable links between diet, health and medicine. It also looks at special foods for festivals, street foods and the splendour of Mughal feasts. This lavishly illustrated book gives a mouth-watering tour of India’s regional cuisines, containing numerous recipes to interest and excite readers.
What is it that makes Indian food so recognizably Indian, and how did it get that way? Feasts and Fasts: A History of Food in India is an exploration of Indian cuisine in the context of the country’s religious, moral, social and philosophical development. It addresses topics such as dietary prescriptions and proscriptions, the origins of vegetarianism, culinary borrowings and innovations, the use of spices and the inseparable links between diet, health and medicine. It also looks at special foods for festivals, street foods and the splendour of Mughal feasts. This lavishly illustrated book gives a mouth-watering tour of India’s regional cuisines, containing numerous recipes to interest and excite readers.
Colleen Taylor Sen lives in Chicago, and her books include Curry: A Global History (Reaktion, 2009) and Feasts and Fasts: A History of Food in India (Reaktion, 2014), named one of the best food books of the year by Vogue and The Smithsonian Magazine.
| Reihe/Serie | Foods and Nations |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 100 illustrations, 86 in colour |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78023-352-3 / 1780233523 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78023-352-9 / 9781780233529 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Informationen gemäß Produktsicherheitsverordnung (GPSR) | |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
Multifunktionsgurt für die Feuerwehr
Buch | Softcover (2025)
Kohlhammer (Verlag)
CHF 19,55
