Great Indian Food Trip

The Great Indian Food Tripis an entertaining and erudite adventure through culinary landscapes, showing how three decades of eating, drinking and travelling have helped Zac OYeah to understand India, his home of many years.This fast-paced yet profound account charts a writers untiring quest for new cultural and culinary experiences. We accompany OYeah on a spare parts tour of Shivajinagar, Bengalurus slaughterhouse area. He shares the pleasures of drinking beer in Karnataka, toddy in Kerala; eating boiled vegetables and masala-less curries in the Mahatmas ashram, and savouring the rich red lal maas (spiced goat) of princely Rajasthan. He discovers Goas literati sipping cashew feni with Orhan Pamuk and Amitav Ghosh, and finds two of his favourite foodsmushrooms and cheese in Bhutans shamudatsi.Whether youre a lover of Indian cuisine, at home or abroad, or a wanderer seeking inspiration for your own voyage of discovery, this multi-course meal promises many delightful surprises about Indias delicacies, their origins and their locales. OYeah captures India in a nutshella big, coconut-sized one.