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Stories from a Kargili Kitchen
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Penguin Random House Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 4WYDRE9
EAN: 9780143476788
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Zustellung: Mi, 03.06.2026
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Beschreibung
The untold story of Kargil-told not through war, but through food. Tucked between some of the most forbidding folds of the Himalayas, Kargil is a land too often seen only through the lens of war-yet its valleys hold a tenderness, resilience and faith that endure through food. 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. Blending memoir, travelogue and cultural history, this is part food book, part love letter and part act of remembrance-a tender, sensory journey through Kargili kitchens, whose flames fight to keep centuries of wisdom alive against the winds of change.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Yash Saxena
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 272