{"product_id":"in-the-beginning-there-was-bombay-duck-a-food-history-of-mumbai-paperback","title":"In the Beginning there was Bombay Duck - A Food History of Mumbai - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePronoti Datta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Just what we needed. The first comprehensive history of dining in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMumbai\/Bombay, India's food capital.'-Vir Sanghvi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Kolis, who have been fishing in the city's waters since much before\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erecorded history, and early settlers such as the Pathare Prabhus, to the people\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho poured into the developing city in the centuries of British rule and those, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elike the Sindhis, who found a safe haven here during Partition, this is the first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etruly comprehensive food history of India's great metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city's nativists like to champion what they consider 'original cultures'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut originality resides in the Mumbaikar's inventive impulse, a quality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eencapsulated in the nativist's favourite food, the vada pao: Were it not for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Portuguese, who transported the potato or batata to Bombay, and taught\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Goans the art of baking bread, or pao, the vada pao may never have been\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econceived!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrating this rich diversity of cultures and cuisines, this book covers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emigrants from the Kanara coast, who gave the city the Udipi restaurant;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParsis, who introduced diners to Persian and Gujarati-inflected dishes, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand their Irani brethren, who served this food in their iconic cafes; and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emyriad Muslim communities that made the old neighbourhood of Bhendi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBazaar a gastronome's place of pilgrimage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBombay Duck is a rigorously researched, delightfully anecdotal history of food\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Bombay\/Mumbai that is as colourful and cosmopolitan as the city itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984496263469,"sku":"9789363364974","price":26.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/63rlBOGq189789363364974.webp?v=1776096609","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/in-the-beginning-there-was-bombay-duck-a-food-history-of-mumbai-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}