The Indian cookery book by Thirty-five years' resident
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The Indian cookery book:
A practical handbook to the kitchen in India (Unknown Binding)
by Thirty-five years' resident
135 pages, 200 x 180 x 8mm, paperback
Publisher: Thacker and Spink Calcutta (1900 up to 1948)
This (7th) edition published 1948
ASIN: B000894N2Y
RARE
Beginning in the late nineteenth century, a spate of cookbooks and household management guides appeared that were intended to assist British women in running their households in India. Many British women in India adopted a "hands-off" approach to housekeeping that allowed them to devote their attentions to other pursuits, including the work of empire.
Pat's grandmother was a "hands-on" person and given the first edition of this book in 1902 on the occasion of her wedding in Agrah. It contains many Anglo Indian recipes and other fascinating insights into life in the British Raj.
The book says of itself: "A practical Handbook to the Kitchen in India, containing original and approved recipes in every department of Indian Cookery; recipes for summer beverages and home-made liqueurs; medicinal and other recipes Together with a variety of things worth knowing".
This book was one of the Raj memsahib's most cherished bibles, it was their day-to-day handbook and instruction manual.
It's as compelling today and an essential collector's book for the Indophile and currholic bookworm.
One in stock: Seventh (1948) Edition. Paperback. Condition:Paper wraps a little wrinkled and stained (lh corner slightly worse than pic shows but tolerable in a book this old. Front panel split from spine to 2 cm from bottom edge. Wrinkling and light staining to first few pages, but text is bright, unmarked, and solidly bound throughout.
Pat's book Taste of the Raj examines this book and others like it as well as telling Pat's family story.
It also brings its unique recipes bang up to date giving you a whole new repertiore of tastes.
