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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460036003321

Autore

Sen Colleen Taylor

Titolo

Feasts and fasts : a history of food in India / / Colleen Taylor Sen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Reaktion Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78023-391-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

Foods and Nations

Disciplina

641.300954

Soggetti

Cooking, Indic

Food habits - India

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 recognizably Indian, and how did it get that way? To answer those questions, Colleen Taylor Sen examines the diet of the Indian



subcontinent for thousands of years, describing the country's cuisine in the context of its religious, moral, social, and philosophical development.             Exploring the ancient ind