Curry in the Crown

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With many interesting anecdotes and surprisingly candid insights into the busy scenario of the Indian food business, this book is truly a food lover’s delight. A 1997 Gallup poll of British tastes in food showed that curry was beyond doubt the nation’s favorite food with over a quarter of Britons eating it at least once a week. The curry revolution has broken down all the bastion of British society. There is now a National Curry Day in Britain and a Curry Club in the House of Lords. This book traces the history of this spicy colonization of the United Kingdom from the time of the East India Company. From the setting up of the first Indian restaurant on London’s Drummond Street to the latest upmarket restaurants serving specialized Indian regional cuisine, the journey of Indian food from the kitchens of expatriate Indians to the tables and hearts of the British populace has been mind boggling. This book tells the story of supermarkets being flooded with ready-made Indian cuisine produced by both Indian and British companies. The author discussed in detail the growth of the Indian food business from small halwai shops to a million pound industry.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shrabani Basu

Shrabani Basu was born in Calcutta and grew up in Dhaka, Kathmandu and Delhi. She moved to London in1987, since when she had been the correspondent of the Calcutta based Anand Bazar Patrika and The Telegraph. She is the author of Curry: The story of the Nation’s Favourite Dish and the critically acclaimed biography Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan.

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Title
Curry in the Crown
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8172233477
Length
206p.
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