The Raj at Table

London: Faber and Faber, 1993. Hardcover. Brown cloth covered boards. Very good, in very good dust wrapper. 240 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. Who could imagine that an attempt to drive down the cost of pepper in 1599 by the East India Company of Britain would lay the foundation of what would be centuries of imperial reign over a country. The author strives to make the case that the cultural influence that was imprinted on the British was mostly seen in the food that the Brits brought back with them. A wonderful look at the culinary imprint the Indian society still has to this day. Recipes included. Interior pages toned. Boards clean, dust wrapper lightly rubbed at edges. Covered in protective mylar.