"The Parsis are descendants of the Zoroastrians who left Persia 1,300 years ago and settled along India's western coast. Their aromatic cuisine which combines the sophistication of Persian and Middle eastern cooking with the heat and spice of the subcontinent's, is one of Asia's…
Offers a rare taste of Parsi cooking, one of the world's first fusion cuisines: the dishes combine the hot spiciness of Indian food with subtle Middle Eastern aromas in dhansaks, biryanis and other tantalising dishes.
Mistress of a large Jamaican household at the end of the nineteenth century, Caroline Sullivan wrote the first ever book on Jamaican cooking. Needing only occasional modification by the modern reader ('Take seven gallons of rum, three gallons of seville orange juice ... '), she …
Soups -- Fish -- Salt fish -- Meat -- Vegetables -- Puddings and preservers -- Ices -- Fruit -- Cakes and biscuits -- Pickles -- Savouries and sauces -- Drinks -- Herbal remedies and household hints -- Meals for a small family.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Britain gave every appearance of stability and power, but would soon be affected by civil unrest which threatened to bring the country to its knees. This book offers an account of the politics of the era.
A study of a meltdown of a body politic which shows the turbulence of an alleged ""belle époque"" to have been the writing on the wall for a nation that had for too long thought of itself as all-powerful.
