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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham (Paperback, 2006)

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Curry is the product of India's long history of invasion. When these new ingredients were mixed with native spices, they produced these distinctly Indian dishes. Curry is vivid, entertaining and delicious.

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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 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 Times 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. 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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PublisherVintage Publishing

ISBN-139780099437864

eBay Product ID (ePID)91478065

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Book TitleCurry: a Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

AuthorLizzie Collingham

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicCooking, History, Food

Publication Year2006

TypeTextbook

Number of Pages352 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height198mm

Item Width129mm

Item Weight304g

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Title_AuthorLizzie Collingham

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by jaya100
07 Aug, 2019
A decent journey in food history.
Very intelligent in depth history on the developing taste of Curry, and how original Indian regional foods were impacted by successive people's coming to India due to trading in spices, missionaries, military controls etc. There is an incredible wealth of description into insights of the gluttony and lifestyles of wealthy traders and high up military/government personnel and even foreign nobility that causes me to gasp in shock, and I guess as they took advantage of the copious supplies, inexpensive produce and quality textiles, as well as cheap labour gleaned employing local residents, wherever they settled. Quite an eye opener and a very difficult to put down book, which I have not as yet finished reading. Thoroughly recommend it.
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by cathy17cat
20 Jan, 2021
Fascinating
Brilliant book if you love Indian food/culture etc and are interested in how the British fit into the picture. Some Great recipes too. Highly recommend.
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by strril4
04 May, 2016
Informative Hot Stuff
Compelling and interesting reading.
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