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Eat Smart in India
How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Food & Embark on a Tasting Adventure
Joan Peterson & Indu Menon
ISBN 978-0-9641168-7-0
$13.95 paperback
5.5 x 8.5 - 160 Pages
Pub. Date 2004
Menu
- About the Book
- About the Authors
- Praise for Eat Smart in India
- Table of Contents
- Ordering Information
- Other EAT SMART Books by Ginkgo Press
About the Book
The authors share the secrets they’ve uncovered while hunting for something good to eat—from restaurant dining to home cooking to fresh market produce—to allow you to get to the heart of the culture through its cuisine. The book also includes recipes from some of the finest chefs in India.
As you know, food is one of the first and most immediate contacts a traveler makes with a foreign country. Travelers to India can make it a more memorable contact by taking along the easy-to-use Eat Smart in India, one of the guides in the award-winning EAT SMART series. The authors show that traveling and eating in unfamiliar territory doesn’t have to be gastronomical guesswork.
About the Authors
Joan Peterson, author of the award-winning EAT SMART series of culinary travel guidebooks, has created her books for food-loving travelers and cookbook lovers like herself who want to get to the heart of a country's culture through its cuisine. To date she has written guides to the food of Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, Morocco, India and Peru. Joan travels extensively and has led culinary tours to Europe, Asia and Africa. She is a founding member of CHEW (Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin) and is the director of the Travel Publishers Association.
Indu Menon, also a world-wide traveler, was born in India. She brings her extensive knowledge of the rich culinary heritage of her native country to this EAT SMART guide.
Praise for Eat Smart in India
"This latest in Joan Peterson's brainy food travel series is, like her previous guides, small enough to slip into a carry-on and dense with wisdom about how to eat and drink like a local. Peterson and her Indian-born co-author, Indu Menon, neatly handle the history and development of a very complicated cuisine, provide useful food and phrase glossaries, and walk readers through the culinary regions of India dish by dish."
—Terese Allen, The Isthmus, Madison WI
A Unique Series of Culinary Travel Books from Ginkgo Press The impressive collaboration of Joan Peterson and Indu Menon (and enhanced with b/w illustrations by Susan Chwae), Eat Smart In India: How To
Decipher The Menu, Know The Market Foods & Embark On A Tasting Adventure
is a very special culinary travel guide for anyone wanting to go abroad
and experience the greatest tastes that East India cuisines and restaurants
have to offer. From knowing the menu, to selecting market foods, to
gathering sample recipes, to the culture behind the regional and ethnic
cuisine, and so much more, Eat Smart In India is a superbly organized and presented supplementary resource for vacationers, business travelers, and dedicated gourmets seeking truly memorable dining experiences while visiting India — and who wish to recreate ethnic and regional dishes when they are back home again! Eat Smart In India is but the
latest addition to a unique series of culinary travel books from Ginkgo
Press.
—James Cox, Midwest Book Review
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Cuisine
of India
An historical survey of the development of India's cuisine.
- Indus Valley Civilization
- The Aryans (Vedic Culture)
- Buddhism and Jainism
- The Muslims
- The Europeans
- The Portuguese
- The Dutch
- The British
- The French
Regional
Indian Food
A quick tour through the Indian kitchen and around the country to see
the variations of cooking styles encountered.
- Indian Food in a Nutshell
- The Regions
of India
- Northern India
- Western India
- Southern India
- Eastern India
Tastes
of India
A selection of delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes to try before leaving
home.
Shopping
in India's Food Markets
Tips to increase your savvy in both the exciting outdoor food markets
and modern supermarkets.
Resources
A listing of stores carrying hard-to-find Indian foods, travel agencies
offering culinary tours, and groups offering opportunities for person-to-person
contact through home visits to gain a deeper understanding of the country,
including its cuisine.
- Mail-Order Suppliers of Indian Foods
- Tours and Travel Agencies
- Some Useful Organizations to Know About
Helpful
Phrases
Phrases in English transliterated to Hindi, with additional phonetic
interpretation, which will assist you in finding, ordering and buying
foods or ingredients.
- Phrases for Use in Restaurants
- Phrases for Use in Food Markets
- Other Useful Phrases
Menu Guide
An extensive listing of menu entries in transliterated Hindi, with
English translations, to make ordering food an easy and immediately rewarding
experience.
Foods
and Flavors Guide
A comprehensive glossary of ingredients, kitchen utensils and cooking
methods in transliterated Hindi, with English translations.
Bibliography
Index
Ordering Information
Eat
Smart in India
ISBN 0-9641168-7-1
Paperback
5.5 x 8.5 - 160 Pages
Pub. Date 2004
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