Eating the Present Tasting the Future Exploring India Through her Changing Food

Indias food is one of her most remarkable features its countless tastes and styles reflect the nations history enduring traditions and diversity of people and place.But it is changing at a rapid rate beyond anyones imagination.Eating the Present Tasting the Future ventures off the plate to journey through Indias contemporary foodscape to discover the myriad forces transforming what how and where Indians are producing trading and eating their food. At a time when food and our relationship with it are topics of increasing global interest this is a timely and important work offering unique insight into a complex society.