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From the King’s Table to Street Food

From the King’s Table to Street Food

Speaking Tiger
  • Price

    $16.00

  • Publish Date

    4 Sep, 2025

  • Publisher

    Speaking Tiger

  • Type

    Paperback

  • Dimensions

    US Trade (6 in - 9 in)

  • Pages

    392 Pages

About This Book

‘A wonderfully evocative book on Delhi and its food combining decades of scholarship with personal experiences and memories by one of our greatest food writers.’—Vir Sanghvi, journalist and author, Rude Food ‘Pushpesh Pant weaves a magical mosaic in his inimitable style about his personal, and Delhi’s, food journey, spiced with anecdotes and tales. A must-read book.’—Rocky Mohan, food connoisseur, author and custodian of Old Monk rum Who is an ‘asli Dilliwala’—a true-blue Delhizen—and what is his cuisine? To answer this question, Pushpesh Pant, food historian and raconteur par excellence, takes us on a culinary journey from the Mahabharata‘s Indraprastha—the first city of Delhi—to the present day, through the Sultanate, the Mughal Empire and the British Raj. On this fascinating food trip, we savour the rich qormas and kebabs of Shahjahanabad and the Shepherd’s Pie and mutton cutlets of ‘angrezon ki Dilli’.......

About The Author

Pushpesh Pant is an academic, food critic and historian. He studied History, International Relations, and Law in Nainital and Delhi. He retired from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) after a long teaching career spanning four decades. He has written over fifty books on cuisine, culture, religion, and foreign policy in English and Hindi. Pant is a regular contributor to English and Hindi newspapers and periodicals. He also anchors TV programmes and produces documentaries from time to time.

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From the King’s Table to Street Food
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