Curry - A tale of cooks and conquerors by Lizzie Collinngham makes very interesting reading. She traces the history of some of India's iconic dishes (biryani, vindaloo, "curry", korma) while also covering broader culinary influences, imports etc.
While we're on food, I wonder if the foodies of this list (I guess that's about everyone) have any pointers to the history of Karnataka or even south indian cuisine in general? I'm looking for all sorts of things: authoritative history, anecdotes, any very old recipe books, or recipes (written by the like of grandmoms and so on). Thanks! Savita On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Vinit B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ummm, The Brits now eat curry with everything. > > Last I checked, Fish and Chips or Strawberries and cream still need to catch > up even in the British-educated and England returned desis. > > I rest my case. > > - Vinit > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Gautam John >> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 5:48 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [silk] Food and the Empire >> >> Came across this: >> >> http://www.utas.edu.au/ejel/recipesforempire/ >> >> And it set me thinking given their question: >> >> "What was the influence of Britain upon colonial cuisines and culinary >> practices, and what traces of the colonial can we see in British food >> and food writing? What is the relationship between the ingredients and >> method of practical cooking, and the rules and procedures of imperial >> governance?" >> >> I suppose one facet that comes to mind is the actual documentation of >> the culinary traditions of colonies. >> >> -- >> Please read our new blog at: http://blog.prathambooks.org > > >
