On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:09 PM, savita rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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? > Achaya's works are a de facto reference.
Meenakshi Ammal's _Samaithu Par_ (aka 'Cook and See') is the Tamil Brahmin culinary bible. Thaths -- "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode. I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'." -- Homer J. Simpson
