The Calcutta Kitchen
The Calcutta Kitchen
Overview
"The Calcutta Kitchenrounds up recipes for dishes bequeathed to Calcutta (now Kolkata) by its many rulers. Despite forays into the city's British Raj (Anglo Indian), Muslim and Sino-Tibetan kitchens, the book works best as an introduction to Bengali cuisine. The authentic, inviting and unintimidating recipes, excellent commentary and photography reminiscent of movie stills helped me finally get my hands around what hitherto seemed an enigmatic and formal cuisine...Calcutta Kitchen,brings out the hallmarks of Bengali dining -- the use of mustard, a thorough preoccupation with freshness, a course-by-course approach to the meal (alone among Indian cuisines) and, most of all, a love of fish." --The Los Angeles Times"Great cookbooks, like all great works of art, have the power to illuminate the unfamiliar. This book achieves just that, taking readers (at least those who haven't been to Calcutta) to places they've never visited, let alone imagined. In a compendium of masterly recipes, essays, and images, coauthors Parkes and Sarkhel and photographer Jason Lowe serve up a vision of India's third-largest city that stays with you long after you've left the kitchen." --James Oseland,Saveur Magazine"Mr. Parkes, a food reporter for BBC Radio, explores the city and its food with 10 witty, eccentric, thoughtful essays. His angles include the local passion for freshwater fish rushed to markets from an extraordinary wetlands system, declining ex-outposts of the British Raj like the Tollygunge Club and the many ethnic presences that enliven the flavor of Calcutta, among them Armenian Christians, Baghdad Jews and Tibetan dumpling-makers. His lively summings-up are magnificently reinforced by the photographs of Jason Lowe, whose chronicling of faded beauties, brash incongruities and glory-amid-grime cooking is alone worth the price." --The New York Times,"Parkes, a BBC food reporter and television host, and Sarkhel, the chef at four prominent London restaurants, explore the culinary traditions of the Bengali, a people known for valuing and savoring good food. With its bold flavor palate and its myriad of global influences, Indian cuisine is swiftly gaining prominence around the world. But like other Westernized world foods, the generic 'Tikka Masalas' and 'Vindaloos' that are gracing tables in Europe and North America bear little resemblance to the rich nuanced flavors of regional Indian cooking. Here, the authors focus heavily on the three main staples of the Bengali kitchen: seafood, ('Steamed Indian Herring with Mustard' and 'Shrimp and Coconut Curry'), vegetables, ('Stir-Fried Pumpkin and Dried Chilis' and 'Potatoes With Poppy Seeds') and sweets, ('Bengali Rice Pudding' and 'Coconut Dumplings'). Though indigenous ingredients like the mango play a prominent role in Calcutta cuisine, these sophisticated recipes are also imbued with the mark of British and Portuguese colonization, making them a natural precursor to fusion cooking. Evocative four-color photographs illustrate the vibrancy of the dishes, as well as Calcutta life as a whole, from the crowded street markets to the bucolic fish ponds to the rustic vegetable farms to the stately serving rooms of the city's cosmopolitan hotels and restaurants. Hardly just a collection of recipes, this is a celebration of an oft-forgotten culinary capital." --Kirkus ReviewsDescription
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Overview
"The Calcutta Kitchenrounds up recipes for dishes bequeathed to Calcutta (now Kolkata) by its many rulers. Despite forays into the city's British Raj (Anglo Indian), Muslim and Sino-Tibetan kitchens, the book works best as an introduction to Bengali cuisine. The authentic, inviting and unintimidating recipes, excellent commentary and photography reminiscent of movie stills helped me finally get my hands around what hitherto seemed an enigmatic and formal cuisine...Calcutta Kitchen,brings out the hallmarks of Bengali dining -- the use of mustard, a thorough preoccupation with freshness, a course-by-course approach to the meal (alone among Indian cuisines) and, most of all, a love of fish." --The Los Angeles Times"Great cookbooks, like all great works of art, have the power to illuminate the unfamiliar. This book achieves just that, taking readers (at least those who haven't been to Calcutta) to places they've never visited, let alone imagined. In a compendium of masterly recipes, essays, and images, coauthors Parkes and Sarkhel and photographer Jason Lowe serve up a vision of India's third-largest city that stays with you long after you've left the kitchen." --James Oseland,Saveur Magazine"Mr. Parkes, a food reporter for BBC Radio, explores the city and its food with 10 witty, eccentric, thoughtful essays. His angles include the local passion for freshwater fish rushed to markets from an extraordinary wetlands system, declining ex-outposts of the British Raj like the Tollygunge Club and the many ethnic presences that enliven the flavor of Calcutta, among them Armenian Christians, Baghdad Jews and Tibetan dumpling-makers. His lively summings-up are magnificently reinforced by the photographs of Jason Lowe, whose chronicling of faded beauties, brash incongruities and glory-amid-grime cooking is alone worth the price." --The New York Times,"Parkes, a BBC food reporter and television host, and Sarkhel, the chef at four prominent London restaurants, explore the culinary traditions of the Bengali, a people known for valuing and savoring good food. With its bold flavor palate and its myriad of global influences, Indian cuisine is swiftly gaining prominence around the world. But like other Westernized world foods, the generic 'Tikka Masalas' and 'Vindaloos' that are gracing tables in Europe and North America bear little resemblance to the rich nuanced flavors of regional Indian cooking. Here, the authors focus heavily on the three main staples of the Bengali kitchen: seafood, ('Steamed Indian Herring with Mustard' and 'Shrimp and Coconut Curry'), vegetables, ('Stir-Fried Pumpkin and Dried Chilis' and 'Potatoes With Poppy Seeds') and sweets, ('Bengali Rice Pudding' and 'Coconut Dumplings'). Though indigenous ingredients like the mango play a prominent role in Calcutta cuisine, these sophisticated recipes are also imbued with the mark of British and Portuguese colonization, making them a natural precursor to fusion cooking. Evocative four-color photographs illustrate the vibrancy of the dishes, as well as Calcutta life as a whole, from the crowded street markets to the bucolic fish ponds to the rustic vegetable farms to the stately serving rooms of the city's cosmopolitan hotels and restaurants. Hardly just a collection of recipes, this is a celebration of an oft-forgotten culinary capital." --Kirkus ReviewsDescription
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Books - New and Used
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- Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.
- Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable.
Note: Some electronic material access codes are valid only for one user. For this reason, used books, including books listed in the Used – Like New condition, may not come with functional electronic material access codes.
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- Packages are shipped from Monday to Friday.
- No additional fees and charges.
Delivery Times
The usual time for processing an order is 24 hours (1 business day), but may vary depending on the availability of products ordered. This period excludes delivery times, which depend on your geographic location.
Estimated delivery times:
- Standard Shipping: 5-8 business days
- Expedited Shipping: 3-5 business days
Shipping method varies depending on what is being shipped.
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If you have any questions regarding shipping or want to know about the status of an order, please contact us or email to support@stevensbooks.com.
Returns & Refunds
You may return most items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.
To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.
Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
Additional non-returnable items:
- Gift cards
- Downloadable software products
- Some health and personal care items
To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)
- Book with obvious signs of use
- CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
- Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
- Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery
Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.
Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.
If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:
- Item(s) no longer needed or wanted.
- Item(s) returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address.
- Item(s) returned to us that were not a result of our error.
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and details about the product you would like to return. We will respond quickly with instructions for how to return items from your order.
Shipping Cost
We'll pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). In other cases, you will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.
Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary.
If you are shipping an item over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.
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