With its enormous variety of cuisines, food materials and dishes, Indian food has become popular all over the world. This gastronomic companion draws on a variety of sources - literature, archaeology, epigraphic records, anthropology, philology, and botanical and genetic studies - to provide interesting facts pertaining to the origins and evolution of Indian food. There are separate chapters on prehistoric cooking methods, regional cuisines, the theories and classification of foods, as codified by ancient Indian doctors, ...
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With its enormous variety of cuisines, food materials and dishes, Indian food has become popular all over the world. This gastronomic companion draws on a variety of sources - literature, archaeology, epigraphic records, anthropology, philology, and botanical and genetic studies - to provide interesting facts pertaining to the origins and evolution of Indian food. There are separate chapters on prehistoric cooking methods, regional cuisines, the theories and classification of foods, as codified by ancient Indian doctors, customs and rituals, the etymology of food-words, and the shift towards vegetarianism with the advent of Buddhism and Jainism.
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Add this copy of Indian Food to cart. $146.33, very good condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by OUP India.
