03078nam 2200661 a 450 991046345760332120200520144314.01-60938-208-0(CKB)2670000000391978(EBL)1249440(OCoLC)851972609(SSID)ssj0000917750(PQKBManifestationID)12370699(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917750(PQKBWorkID)10911342(PQKB)10503628(MiAaPQ)EBC1249440(MdBmJHUP)muse27482(Au-PeEL)EBL1249440(CaPaEBR)ebr10733094(OCoLC)857078225(EXLCZ)99267000000039197820130219d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBiting through the skin[electronic resource] an Indian kitchen in America's heartland /Nina Mukerjee FurstenauIowa City University of Iowa Press20131 online resource (189 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60938-185-8 Transformation -- Two brides -- Little India -- Journey -- Table grace -- Small things satisfied -- Indian breads -- Grand Lake menu for a guru -- An Indian kitchen in Kansas -- Attic fans and flying typewriters -- Mother tongue -- On the road with Amiya and Rani -- All our Tupperware is stained with turmeric -- Strength of a nation -- Street foods -- Six recipe cards, a wing and a prayer, circa 1984 -- Bishshwayya -- A (not so) funny thing happened on the way to Didu's house -- Pop culture India.At once a traveler's tale, a memoir, and a mouthwatering cookbook, Biting through the Skin offers a first-generation immigrant's perspective on growing up in America's heartland. Author Nina Mukerjee Furstenau's parents brought her from Bengal in northern India to the small town of Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1964, decades before you could find long-grain rice or plain yogurt in American grocery stores. Embracing American culture, the Mukerjee family ate hamburgers and softserve ice cream, took a visiting guru out on the lake in their motorboat, and joined the Shriners. Her parents transferred the cBengali AmericansBiographyBengali AmericansFoodBengali AmericansSocial life and customsCooking, IndicFood habitsKansasFood habitsIndiaBengalKansasBiographyElectronic books.Bengali AmericansBengali AmericansFood.Bengali AmericansSocial life and customs.Cooking, Indic.Food habitsFood habits394.1/2095414Furstenau Nina Mukerjee1962-928785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463457603321Biting through the skin2087356UNINA