Comments on: What To Eat When You Read About Curry http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on What To Eat When You Read About Curry by: tilo http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-10205 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:32:40 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-10205 Barbara -- I loved the book and recently bought myself a copy. I know you (kind of) through Indira's blog. Do you like the Mulligatawny -- today I am going yet another variation on it.. Appla rasam. Check out this food article if you have the time.. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1011/p18s03-hfes.html Barbara — I loved the book and recently bought myself a copy.

I know you (kind of) through Indira’s blog.

Do you like the Mulligatawny — today I am going yet another variation on it..

Appla rasam.

Check out this food article if you have the time..

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1011/p18s03-hfes.html

]]> Comment on What To Eat When You Read About Curry by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-2128 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:53:29 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-2128 Thanks, Rose! I will try not to be too smug about it scooping the NY Times twice, now. Maybe they should hire me? ;-) I am really into the development of foods, recipes and culinary history. It is a thing. Since I am all about history anyway (I minored in it in college, and nearly went for an MA in it--and may yet), it should come as no surprise that I love to read about food history. But it makes sense--food is not just sustainance--it is a carrier of culture. It is part of how humans define themselves, it is part of how we identify ourselves socially. It is part of who we are as a people--so of course, we can use food to trace the development of cultures, or use the culture to trace the development of foodstuffs. It is a two-way, reflexive process. Okay--enough food geeking now. Thanks, Rose! I will try not to be too smug about it scooping the NY Times twice, now.

Maybe they should hire me? ;-)

I am really into the development of foods, recipes and culinary history. It is a thing. Since I am all about history anyway (I minored in it in college, and nearly went for an MA in it–and may yet), it should come as no surprise that I love to read about food history.

But it makes sense–food is not just sustainance–it is a carrier of culture. It is part of how humans define themselves, it is part of how we identify ourselves socially. It is part of who we are as a people–so of course, we can use food to trace the development of cultures, or use the culture to trace the development of foodstuffs.

It is a two-way, reflexive process.

Okay–enough food geeking now.

]]> Comment on What To Eat When You Read About Curry by: Rose http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-2126 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:57:29 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-2126 I swear you're topping the NYTimes at every food corner! I want to read this book at some point (i.e. when my chinese classes are taking up all my precious food time)and review it too since my background in cultural history relates to a read like this one. Understanding how dishes develop make creating them in your kitchen even more wonderful (plus, you get to show off to your family all your new found knowledge!). I swear you’re topping the NYTimes at every food corner!

I want to read this book at some point (i.e. when my chinese classes are taking up all my precious food time)and review it too since my background in cultural history relates to a read like this one.

Understanding how dishes develop make creating them in your kitchen even more wonderful (plus, you get to show off to your family all your new found knowledge!).

]]> Comment on What To Eat When You Read About Curry by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-2119 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:47:11 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-2119 Hey, Meg--what I am finding so fascinating about the book is how much the experience of living in India changed the British. It is a period of history I knew little about--I mean, other than the basics, the British East India Company's private army was the largest standing military in the world at the time, and the Brits were being imperialist cretins, but that was about it. What I never realized was the extent to which British tastes were changed--and not just food tastes, but tastes in clothing and ornament--by the experience of India. Even people who had never gone to India started eating more highly spiced foods because of the influence of people who had gone and returned. The roots of Chicken Tikka Masala being recently named as the favorite dish in the UK truly go very deep. Hey, Meg–what I am finding so fascinating about the book is how much the experience of living in India changed the British. It is a period of history I knew little about–I mean, other than the basics, the British East India Company’s private army was the largest standing military in the world at the time, and the Brits were being imperialist cretins, but that was about it.

What I never realized was the extent to which British tastes were changed–and not just food tastes, but tastes in clothing and ornament–by the experience of India. Even people who had never gone to India started eating more highly spiced foods because of the influence of people who had gone and returned.

The roots of Chicken Tikka Masala being recently named as the favorite dish in the UK truly go very deep.

]]> Comment on What To Eat When You Read About Curry by: Meg http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-2118 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:03:59 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/02/what-to-eat-when-you-read-about-curry/#comment-2118 Oh Barbara, now I need ME some of that. The book AND the food! Oh Barbara, now I need ME some of that. The book AND the food!

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