{"product_id":"degh-to-dastarkhwan-qissas-and-recipes-from-rampur-cuisine-paperback","title":"Degh to Dastarkhwan: Qissas and Recipes from Rampur Cuisine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTarana Husain Khan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTarana was an indifferent eater and an unenthusiastic cook until a chance encounter with a nineteenth-century Persian cookbook in Rampur's fabled Raza Library started her off on a journey into the history of Rampur cuisine and the stories around it. \u003cbr\u003e Part food memoir and part celebration of a cuisine, \u003ci\u003eDegh to Dastarkhwan\u003c\/i\u003e answers the question-'what constitutes and distinguishes Rampur cuisine?' Each chapter represents an emotion, an observance or a celebration. The spread of Rampuri food from the grand royal cuisine to the simple daily fare becomes the arena to express love, loss, forgiveness and spirituality. Peopled with compelling characters from all walks of life, the book is a tour de force that includes recollections of a princess to the spiritual ambience of a Sufi shrine, with stories of khansamas, weddings and funerals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Tarana Husain Khan is a writer and cultural historian. Her writings on the oral history, culture and the famed cuisine of the erstwhile princely state of Rampur have appeared in prominent publications such as \u003ci\u003eAl Jazeera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEaten Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScroll.in \u003c\/i\u003eand in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eDesi Delicacies \u003c\/i\u003e(Pan Macmillan, India) and \u003ci\u003eDastarkhwan: Food Writing from South Asia and Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e (Beacon Books, UK). She is the author of historical fiction \u003ci\u003eThe Begum and the Dastan, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Kalinga Literary Award for fiction and was shortlisted for Women Writer's Award by She The People and longlisted for AutHER Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She is currently working on a Research Fellowship at the University of Sheffield for an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project 'Forgotten Food: Culinary Memory, Local Heritage and Lost Agricultural Varieties in India'.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772638101792,"sku":"9780143451464","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/88086bb84266a28ac02adf2ab22d72e7.webp?v=1780410242","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/degh-to-dastarkhwan-qissas-and-recipes-from-rampur-cuisine-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}