Delectably Delhi
New Indian ExpressWhen one talks of culture, you think of art, you think of music, you also think of religion and family values. With his new book, titled From the King’s Table to Street Food, historian and food critic Pushpesh Pant attempts to recalibrate the understanding of culture in popular discourse. He takes us on a stroll across different time periods in and around Delhi, and how social and political developments in the capital city manifested in the food that its people ate. It was, however, much later in life, when he got the opportunity to curate thematic dinners based on Delhi’s past, that the foundations of this book seem to have been laid down. As the author moves forward into documented history, Delhi’s Sultanate period throws up all too familiar culinary delights such as pilaf, baklava and the ever-cherished biryani.
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