India Food

In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire's quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through 20 meals over the course of 450 years, from the Far East to the New World, Collingham explains how Africans taught Americans how to grow rice, how the East India Company turned opium into tea, and how Americans became the best-fed people in the world.

Indian cuisine has a rich legacy of myriad faiths, history, food invasions, cultural landscapes and rituals. This book is richly spiced with the author's memories and personal stories bringing the flavors of India alive. The narrative is peppered with food stories of India, the place of food in sacred worship, food etiquette, and taste memory. When the author travels through diverse regions, she explores food rituals, myths and traditions.

From the author of the bestselling Pelican Cove series - Meet Meera Patel - college dropout and reluctant amateur sleuth The women's club elections are coming up and Meera’s grandma is competing against Dot Brown, the local school teacher. Then Dot is found dead at the annual club meeting, clutching a dumpling Meera cooked. The Patel women instantly become top suspects. Forced to go sleuthing again, Meera uncovers a malicious crime that has affected most people in Swan Creek. Dot is at the centre of it all and everyone and their mother wanted to kill her. As the situation in town worsens,...

From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now—as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Today they lead to Beijing."...

From the author of the bestselling Pelican Cove series - Meet Meera Patel - college dropout and seasoned amateur sleuth Charlie Gibson is not the warm and fuzzy type. So the town of Swan Creek is surprised when he takes in a homeless boy. Then Charlie is found dead. No good deed goes unpunished, right? The Patel family sets off on Route 66 for an epic trip to the coast. But Meera can't join in the fun when an innocent youngster is accused of murder. Travel the I-40 with the Patels, with roadside diners and chili burgers, bhel poori and fajitas! There is a long distance murder mystery to be ...

From the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut—an “honest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred) In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story—of a long and...

Madhur (meaning sweet as honey) Jaffrey grew up in a large family compound by the Yamuna River in Delhi where her grandfather often presided over dinners with forty or more members of his extended family savoring together the wonderfully flavorful dishes that were forever imprinted on Madhur's palate.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A winning, irreverent debut novel about a family wrestling with its future and its past “With wit and a rich understanding of human foibles, [Mira] Jacob unspools a story that will touch your heart.”—People ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe, The...

From the author of the bestselling Pelican Cove series - Meet Meera Patel – college dropout and soon to be amateur sleuth Fall term is almost over and Thanksgiving is around the corner. Meera has been ordered to stop her tomfoolery and think about her future. All good intentions are foiled when Meera runs into a dead man in the park. The local diner owners are implicated in the young rancher’s death. Meera and her grandma face off against the Patel men and insist on sticking by their friends. Meera interviews the long list of suspects on and off campus, trying to find someone who might ...

If you want to check out India both the rich and the poor then this is the trip for you. During the day you are driving a rickshaw around India just like a local and at night you live in a five star hotel like a very rich tourist. You basically live in both worlds on one trip and it is quite amazing the complete contrast between being out on the road stuck in a traffic jam or on a country road which you have to yourself and then rolling up to a five-star hotel and parking your rickshaw in a locked up garage. You live between dining in five star luxury and rolling up to a Roadside Cafe and ...

In the 1970's Rajesh Khanna achieved the kind of fame that no film star had ever experienced before or has since. But then he saw it all vanish. They say superstardom destroyed him. But was it something else buried deep in his past? In this riveting biography, award winning journalist Yasser...

For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society “A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Sahitya Akademi...

Acclaimed across the world, prescribed in over 100 universities and colleges, and included in part in The Century's Greatest Reportage (Ordfront, 2000), alongside the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Studs Terkel and John Reed, Everybody Loves a Good Drought is the established classic on rural...

"Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects...

A book that challenges our notions of family honour and morality Sometime, somewhere, the conspiracy of silence around Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Indian homes had to be shattered. This path-breaking book'the first of its kind in the country and subcontinent'attempts to give that...

Would you like to: Get fit even with an irregular exercise routine? Improve your memory with a thirty-second hack? Eat better but not give up your favourite foods? Use cognitive bias to improve your quality of life? Sounds like a pipe dream? 108 Ways to Live Your Best Life shows you that the...

"Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects...

Imagine waking up every morning with more energy than you’ve had in years. Your mind feels sharp, your body lighter, and the constant cravings that used to control your day are finally gone. This is not a dream—it’s the power of the ketogenic lifestyle. For years, diets have been complicated, restrictive, and overwhelming. Most people give up because they require endless calorie counting, bland food, or unrealistic routines. Keto is different. It’s not about starving yourself; it’s about fueling your body in a smarter, more natural way. By shifting your body’s fuel source from ...

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country in the world. Half of India borders the ocean: the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, and Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Indian cuisine has been influenced by many factors, including region, climate, religion, trade and colonization. It reflects an 8,000-year history of various groups and cultures. Early diet in India mainly ...

Travel though Maharashtra - INDIA, using the rich flavours and ingredients of Maharashtrian Cuisine. This secret handbook contains all the recipes handed to me by many generations in my family. These recipes are the ones that any newly married Marathi girl will make to impress her new family. Come, and ride with me as we use the flavours and explore my Maharashtra !