03473oam 2200661Ia 450 991097540080332120250204190649.09781780233918178023391410.5040/9781780233918(CKB)3710000000283407(EBL)1864179(SSID)ssj0001433499(PQKBManifestationID)11823206(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001433499(PQKBWorkID)11415415(PQKB)10399391(MiAaPQ)EBC1864179(Au-PeEL)EBL1864179(CaPaEBR)ebr10990401(CaONFJC)MIL664798(OCoLC)896794423(OCoLC)1378771380(UkLoBP)BP9781780233918BFoL(EXLCZ)99371000000028340720230509e20162023 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFeasts and fasts a history of food in India /Colleen Taylor Sen1st ed.London :Reaktion Books,2016.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),2023.1 online resource (351 pages)Foods and Nations Description based upon print version of record.9781780233529 1780233523 9781322335162 1322335168 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introducation 1. Climate, Crops and Prehistory 2. The Age of Ritual, 1700-1100 BCE 3. The Renunciant Tradition and Vegetarianism, 1000-300 BCE 4. Global India and the New Orthodoxy, 300 BCE-500 CE 5. New Religious Trends and Movements: Feasting and Fasting, 500-1000 CE 6. Food and Indian Doctors, 600 BCE-600 CE 7. The Middle Ages: The Manasolassa, Lokopakara, and Regional Cuisines, 600-1300 CE 8. The Dehli Sultanate: Ni'matnama, Supa Shastra and Ksemakutuhalam, 1300-1550 9. The Mughal Dynasty and its Successors, 1526-1857 10. The Europeans, the Princes and their Legacy, 1500-1947 11. An Overview of Indian Cuisine: The Meal, Cooking Techniques and Regional Variations 12. New Trends in Indian Food, 1947-Present 13. The Food of the Indian Diaspora Timeline References Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements IndexWhat 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.Foods and Nations .FoodHistoryIndiaFood and societybicsscFoodHistoryFood and society641.300954Taylor Sen Colleen1800105UkLoBPUkLoBPBOOK9910975400803321Feasts and fasts4344662UNINA