In the Beginning there was Bombay Duck - A Food History of Mumbai - Pronoti Datta

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n'Just what we needed. The first comprehensive history of dining inn nMumbai/Bombay, India's food capital.'-Vir Sanghvin nn nFrom the Kolis, who have been fishing in the city's waters since much beforen nrecorded history, and early settlers such as the Pathare Prabhus, to the peoplen nwho poured into the developing city in the centuries of British rule and those, n nlike the Sindhis, who found a safe haven here during Partition, this is the firstn ntruly comprehensive food history of India's great metropolis.n nThe city's nativists like to champion what they consider 'original cultures'.n nBut originality resides in the Mumbaikar's inventive impulse, a qualityn nencapsulated in the nativist's favourite food, the vada pao: Were it not forn nthe Portuguese, who transported the potato or batata to Bombay, and taughtn nthe Goans the art of baking bread, or pao, the vada pao may never have beenn nconceived!n nCelebrating this rich diversity of cultures and cuisines, this book coversn nmigrants from the Kanara coast, who gave the city the Udipi restaurant;n nParsis, who introduced diners to Persian and Gujarati-inflected dishes, n nand their Irani brethren, who served this food in their iconic cafes; and then nmyriad Muslim communities that made the old neighbourhood of Bhendin nBazaar a gastronome's place of pilgrimage.n nBombay Duck is a rigorously researched, delightfully anecdotal history of foodn nin Bombay/Mumbai that is as colourful and cosmopolitan as the city itself.n