Sweet excess: crafting mishti in bengal
Auteur :
Dey, Ishita
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781041113201
Date de publication :
9 sept. 2025
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
500 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book encapsulates the socio-cultural meanings of sweets - ritual, pride of craftsmanship, heritage and cultural identity. It also shows how sweets continue to be a part of ‘Bengali’ diet with a past of acute hunger, starvation, food movements and social welfare programmes for food security.