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The English Kitchen

The English Kitchen

Burnett, David

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Food WritingIndian & South Asian Cooking

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ISBN10: 1903018579
ISBN13: 9781903018576
Publisher: Prospect Books (UK)
Published: Sep 24 2008
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 7.20
Language: English
This book traces the development of Anglo-Indian cookery in English (and Scottish) cookery books from its earliest appearance in the 18th century through to modern works of the late 20th-century. It wanders the lanes and byways of the British occupation of India, unearthing delightful accounts of Imperial eating and explaining how we have grown accustomed to the spice-box of the Raj. The broad intention is to reproduce early recipes for curry and accounts of Anglo-Indian food in their original words. The majority come from printed books, but some are drawn from manuscripts. The narrative traces our enjoyment of these flavours from the 17th century through to the first appearance of a recipe for curry in Hannah Glasse in 1747. Thereafter, it looks at the various classes of cooks who produced popular and interesting recipes, from the female cookbook authors of the 18th century, to the club-cooks of Calcutta and London in the Regency, to the crusty colonels of late Victorian England, and the refined French-influenced chefs of the fin de siecle and pre-First World War days. By way of coda, the authors consider modern recipes from authors such as Madhur Jaffrey and Sir Gulam Noon's Chicken Tikka Masala, Britain's favourite dish. The whole is ornamented by extracts from past literature on eating curries hither and beyond.

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