Raj at Table: A Culinary History of the British in India

by David Burton

Book Overview

While the British were in India they developed a curious cuisine all of their own. Anglo-Indian cooking was at its best when it achieved a kind of cultural balance; mulligatawny, kedgeree and Worcestershire sauce are all products of the Raj. David Burton draws on first-hand accounts to describe a valuable piece of social history: in addition to over 60 authentic recipes. He builds up a fascinating and often hilarious picture of the British - at best...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571143903
• ISBN13: 9780571143900
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating, Hilarious Regional History of British Cuisine

This book is chock-a-block with interesting insights and hilarious anecdotes set against a scrupulously researched tissue of culinary-cum-cultural history. I could not put it down, and there were moments when I laughed at loud! To read and understand *The Raj at Table* is to taste the cross-cultural confluences that continue to temper our sense of culinary style today