LEADER 03018nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910826676403321 005 20230126210445.0 010 $a1-60938-208-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000391978 035 $a(EBL)1249440 035 $a(OCoLC)851972609 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000917750 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12370699 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917750 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10911342 035 $a(PQKB)10503628 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1249440 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27482 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1249440 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10733094 035 $a(OCoLC)857078225 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000391978 100 $a20130219d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBiting through the skin $ean Indian kitchen in America's heartland /$fNina Mukerjee Furstenau 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (189 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60938-185-8 327 $aTransformation -- 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. 330 $aAt 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 c 606 $aBengali Americans$vBiography 606 $aBengali Americans$xFood 606 $aBengali Americans$xSocial life and customs 606 $aCooking, Indic 606 $aFood habits$zKansas 606 $aFood habits$zIndia$zBengal 607 $aKansas$vBiography 615 0$aBengali Americans 615 0$aBengali Americans$xFood. 615 0$aBengali Americans$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aCooking, Indic. 615 0$aFood habits 615 0$aFood habits 676 $a394.1/2095414 700 $aFurstenau$b Nina Mukerjee$f1962-$01638867 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826676403321 996 $aBiting through the skin$93981536 997 $aUNINA