Author:Lizzie Collingham
Curry tells the story of an array of familiar Indian dishes and the people who invented, discovered, cooked and ate them. Curry is vivid, entertaining and delicious.
‘Fascinating and meticulously researched…layers historical fact with mouth-watering dinner table gossip’ Meera Syal, The Times
This imaginative book tells the history of India and its rulers through their food. It follows the story of curry as it spread from the courts of Delhi to the balti houses of Birmingham.
Curry is the product of India's long history of invasion. In the wake of the Mughal conquerors, an army of cooks brought Persian recipes to northern India; in the south, Portugese spice merchants introduced vinegar marinades and the chillies they had recently discovered in the New World; the British soon followed, with their passion for roast meat accompanied by cauliflowers and beans. When these new ingredients were mixed with native spices, they produced these distinctly Indian dishes.
Marvellous and well-illustrated...based on exhaustive research and full of intriguing nuggets of information
—— Chandak Sengoopta , IndependentA beautifully balanced book, melding historical fact with modern anecdotes... It's the definitive history of curry
—— Mail on SundayFascinating and meticulously researched... layers historical fact with mouth-watering dinner table gossip of maharajah's epicurean excesses
—— Meera Syal , The TimesOriginal and highly entertaining
—— Daily MailShakespeare excels at providing psychological insights. An intimate and revealing work only a truly gifted writer could have produced
—— IndependentSociety gossip galore by the gadfly's gadfly
—— Daily MailThis really rather wonderful book is about a life devoted to "Looking the part"
—— Charles Moore , Daily TelegraphThis is a wonderfully entertaining memoir, gossipy, touching and tender, even if at times it verges on self-parody. This book is suffused with his irrepressible joie de vivre and is never less than entertaining
—— Literary ReviewHaslam writes evocatively and touchingly
—— Peter Parker , Times Literary SupplementThe high priest of wit, hilarity and name-dropping...but apart from all of the names - the names! - the joy of this book comes from Nicky's undying joie de vivre
—— Matthew Bell , Independent on SundayHaslam is an intriguing man...[and] can write wonderfully well
—— The Spectator, Susan HillA baroque soufflé of names, faces, bitchy asides and put-downs, sprinkled with funny anecdotes.
—— Camilla Long , Sunday TimesThough full of as much gossip as you might expect from the inveterate socialite, this memoir is also interestingly clever
—— Daily TelegraphThe interior designer, journalist and socialite Nicky Haslam has met almost everyone who's anyone
—— Brandon Robshaw , Independent on SundayIt is...boisterously good company and proof that if Haslam knows one thing, it's that you can only get away with a life like his if you are never, ever boring.
—— Claire Allfree , Metroa terrifically entertaining read
—— Carla McKay , Daily Mailextremely diverting, essentially kind-hearted and well written
—— William Leith , Evening Standard
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