While the British were in India they developed a curious cuisine all of their own. As they made their mark on their host culture, the formidable Memsahibs - or English housewives - made sure that much traditional cuisine was rejected in favour of an impossible combination of European customs, and the results were frequently chaotic. 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. This social history includes over 60 recipes which help to build up an account of the British as seen through the kitchen door.
- ISBN10 057114389X
- ISBN13 9780571143894
- Publish Date 14 June 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 June 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English