This smartly designed culinary travel guidebook is never out of date. It opens up the world of Indian food to travelers, including students studying abroad, and tells how to find the most delicious, authentic, and adventuresome eating experiences there.
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.
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.
Eat and Drink Like a Local
"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
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.
Eat
Smart in India
ISBN 0-9641168-7-1
Paperback
5.5 x 8.5 - 160 Pages
Pub. Date 2004
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