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Curry A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

Collingham Lizzie
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099437864
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
282 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Collingham Lizzie

Om bidragsyterne

Lizzie Collingham taught History at Warwick University and was a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge before becoming an independent historian. Her books include Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors and The Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food. She is currently an Associate Fellow of Warwick University and the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge. She recently completed a project researching the history of the kitchens of the Indian President’s palace and regularly lectures on a gastronomic tour of Kerala. She works in a garden shed near Cambridge.

Curry A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

Collingham Lizzie
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk
Collingham Lizzie
Heftet / 2006 / Engelsk
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Marvellous and well-illustrated...based on exhaustive research and full of intriguing nuggets of information

- Chandak Sengoopta, Independent

A beautifully balanced book, melding historical fact with modern anecdotes... It's the definitive history of curry

Mail on Sunday

Fascinating and meticulously researched... layers historical fact with mouth-watering dinner table gossip of maharajah's epicurean excesses

- Meera Syal, The Times

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Original and highly entertaining

Daily Mail

Curry tells the story of an array of familiar Indian dishes and the people who invented, discovered, cooked and ate them. Curry is vivid, entertaining and delicious.‘Fascinating and meticulously researched…layers historical fact with mouth-watering dinner table gossip’ Meera Syal, The TimesThis imaginative book tells the history of India and its rulers through their food. It follows the story of curry as it spread from the courts of Delhi to the balti houses of Birmingham.Curry is the product of India's long history of invasion. In the wake of the Mughal conquerors, an army of cooks brought Persian recipes to northern India; in the south, Portugese spice merchants introduced vinegar marinades and the chillies they had recently discovered in the New World; the British soon followed, with their passion for roast meat accompanied by cauliflowers and beans. When these new ingredients were mixed with native spices, they produced these distinctly Indian dishes.
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Curry tells the story of an array of familiar Indian dishes and the people who invented, discovered, cooked and ate them.
This imaginative book tells the history of India and its rulers through their food. It follows the story of curry as it spread from the courts of Delhi to the balti houses of Birmingham, from the tiffin-carriers of Bombay to the army canteens of Japan
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Marvellous and well-illustrated...based on exhaustive research and full of intriguing nuggets of information

- Chandak Sengoopta, Independent

A beautifully balanced book, melding historical fact with modern anecdotes... It's the definitive history of curry

Mail on Sunday

Fascinating and meticulously researched... layers historical fact with mouth-watering dinner table gossip of maharajah's epicurean excesses

- Meera Syal, The Times

Se alle

Original and highly entertaining

Daily Mail

Curry tells the story of an array of familiar Indian dishes and the people who invented, discovered, cooked and ate them. Curry is vivid, entertaining and delicious.‘Fascinating and meticulously researched…layers historical fact with mouth-watering dinner table gossip’ Meera Syal, The TimesThis imaginative book tells the history of India and its rulers through their food. It follows the story of curry as it spread from the courts of Delhi to the balti houses of Birmingham.Curry is the product of India's long history of invasion. In the wake of the Mughal conquerors, an army of cooks brought Persian recipes to northern India; in the south, Portugese spice merchants introduced vinegar marinades and the chillies they had recently discovered in the New World; the British soon followed, with their passion for roast meat accompanied by cauliflowers and beans. When these new ingredients were mixed with native spices, they produced these distinctly Indian dishes.
Les mer
Curry tells the story of an array of familiar Indian dishes and the people who invented, discovered, cooked and ate them.
This imaginative book tells the history of India and its rulers through their food. It follows the story of curry as it spread from the courts of Delhi to the balti houses of Birmingham, from the tiffin-carriers of Bombay to the army canteens of Japan
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099437864
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
282 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Collingham Lizzie

Om bidragsyterne

Lizzie Collingham taught History at Warwick University and was a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge before becoming an independent historian. Her books include Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors and The Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food. She is currently an Associate Fellow of Warwick University and the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge. She recently completed a project researching the history of the kitchens of the Indian President’s palace and regularly lectures on a gastronomic tour of Kerala. She works in a garden shed near Cambridge.

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