About the Book: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Indian Cuisine
This reference work covers the cuisine and foodways of India in all their
diversity and complexity, including regions, personalities, street foods,
communities and topics that have been often neglected.....
The book starts with an overview essay situating the Great Indian Table in
relation to its geography, history and agriculture, followed by alphabetically
organized entries. The entries, which are between 150 and 1,500 words long,
combine facts with history, anecdotes, and legends. They are supplemented by
longer entries on key topics such as regional cuisines, spice mixtures, food and
medicine, rites of passages, cooking methods, rice, sweets, tea, drinks
(alcoholic and