Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A Taste of Empire

by Cecilia Leong-Salobir

Book Overview

Presenting a social history of colonial food practices in India, Malaysia and Singapore, this book discusses the contribution that Asian domestic servants made towards the development of this cuisine between 1858 and 1963. Domestic cookbooks, household management manuals, memoirs, diaries and travelogues are used to investigate the culinary practices in the colonial household, as well as in clubs, hill stations, hotels and restaurants.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415606322
• ISBN13: 9780415606325
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"