Stories from a Kargili Kitchen: A Food & Travel Narrative from the Himalayas Exploring Kargil’s Cuisine, Culture, Memory and Life Beyond War
By
Yash Saxena
Contributor
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Item Type
Book
Serial
16609
Publisher
Penguin eBury Press
Description
272 pages
ISBN / ISSN No.
978-0143476788
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Born from years of travel, cooking and friendships, foodways researcher Yash Saxena gathers voices from mountain kitchens and firesides―of shepherds, monks, farmers and mothers who feed a world shaped by both faith and frost. From slow-simmering broths to shifting borderlines, from ancient Bon rituals to the echoes of Bofor gunfire, each story reveals how a community sustains itself through ritual, memory and the quiet grace of everyday cooking.
DDC Classification No.
916.46
Accession No.
16609
Current Location
Neeti Bagh
Shelving location
18
Status
Available
Category
Food