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National Cuisine in Indian Cookbooks by Kanak Patel is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The essay by Arjun Appadurai examines the rise of English-language cookbooks in contemporary India, highlighting their role in shaping a national cuisine amidst a diverse cultural landscape. It discusses how these cookbooks reflect the dynamics of a new urban middle class, particularly among women, who navigate regional and ethnic culinary traditions while fostering a sense of culinary cosmopolitanism. The document emphasizes the significance of cookbooks as tools for cultural exchange and the construction
- Author
- Kanak Patel
- Language
- EN