Eating India: An Odyssey Into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices
Author: Chitrita Banerji
Though it’s primarily Punjabi food that’s become known as Indian food in the United States, India is as much an immigrant nation as America, and it has the vast range of cuisines to prove it. In Eating India, award-winning food writer and Bengali food expert Chitrita Banerji takes readers on a marvelous odyssey through a national cuisine formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations, and conquests. With each wave of newcomers—ancient Aryan tribes, Persians, Middle Eastern Jews, Mongols, Arabs, Europeans—have come new innovations in cooking, and new ways to apply India’s rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron, and mustard to the vegetables, milks, grains, legumes, and fishes that are staples of the Indian kitchen. In this book, Calcutta native and longtime U.S. resident Banerji describes, in lush and mouthwatering prose, her travels through a land blessed with marvelous culinary variety and particularity.
Christine Holmes - Library Journal
Award-winning food writer Banerji examines in marvelous detail the cultural and historical influences that have shaped regional cuisine in ancient and modern India. As she travels through India, Banerji, a Calcutta native who makes her home in the United States, poses compelling questions about the nature of authenticity in Indian cuisine for a land in constant flux from generations of colonialism and immigration and other external factors. Moving backward and forward in time, without a specific itinerary, Banerji takes readers on an exciting journey visiting cities, roadside shacks, a family's wedding, and other places, while seeking to understand and come to terms with an ever-changing nation. Learning about the contributions made by Persians, Jews, Mongols, Portuguese, and other immigrants to the national cuisine is fascinating. Readers will savor the author's mouthwatering prose as she recollects childhood memories of Bengali traditions and rituals centered on food. After reading this engaging work, one will appreciate the complexities and subtleties of Indian cuisine. Recommended for public and academic libraries.
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Flavors of Fall: A Bushel of Freshly Picked Recipes, Easy How-to's and New Ways to Celebrate with family and Friends
Author: Gooseberry Patch
Colorful leaves, fresh-picked apples, roasting marshmallows over a campfire...we're celebrating the best of fall in this delightful book! We've gathered a cream-of-the-crop collection of irresistible recipes and clever tips to help you enjoy the season. Try making halftime cheese ball, autumn apple pork chops, cranberry meatballs, caramelized acorn squash, homemade applesauce, buttery cinnamon biscuits, spooky cookies and lots more. Our Flavors of Fall Cookbook is the perfect book for anyone who loves crisp, sunny days, hayrides and cool nights.
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