The Story of Our Food

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Food & Drink, Food Writing
Cover of the book The Story of Our Food by K T Achaya, Universities Press (India) Private Ltd.
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Author: K T Achaya ISBN: 9788173718359
Publisher: Universities Press (India) Private Ltd. Publication: December 13, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: K T Achaya
ISBN: 9788173718359
Publisher: Universities Press (India) Private Ltd.
Publication: December 13, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English
This book outlines the variety of cuisines, food materials and dishes that collectively form Indian Food. It draws upon a range of sourcesliterature, archeology, epigraphic records, anthropology, philology, botanical and genetical studiesto trace the history of Indian food: classification, customs, rituals and beliefs, including the etymology of food terms. It shows how our wonderful Indian cuisine, with all its regional variants, is the outcome of food plants brought into India from numerous directions over thousands of years. And of a social ethic in which cleanliness was indeed next to godliness.
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This book outlines the variety of cuisines, food materials and dishes that collectively form Indian Food. It draws upon a range of sourcesliterature, archeology, epigraphic records, anthropology, philology, botanical and genetical studiesto trace the history of Indian food: classification, customs, rituals and beliefs, including the etymology of food terms. It shows how our wonderful Indian cuisine, with all its regional variants, is the outcome of food plants brought into India from numerous directions over thousands of years. And of a social ethic in which cleanliness was indeed next to godliness.

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