A Fine Romance

Rupert Croft-Cooke, India and Indian Foodways

Authors

  • Blake Perkins Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28029

Keywords:

Rupert Croft-Cooke, British India, travel writing, 1940s, Indian cuisines, culinary gatekeepers

Abstract

Rupert Croft-Cooke, prolific author of detective novels, serious fiction, criticism, travelogue, memoirs and cookbooks enlisted in the British army in 1940 and spent several years in Africa and India. This article traces his embrace of Indian cuisine and culture which is reflected in his memoirs and cookery writing. 

Author Biography

  • Blake Perkins, Independent Scholar

    Blake Perkins is a lawyer in New York and writes about British cookery in the online magazine British Food In America.

References

Rupert Croft-Cooke, Cooking for Pleasure (London 1963)

––––, English Cooking: A New Approach (London 1960)

––––, The Gardens of Camelot (London 1958)

––––, The Gorgeous East (London 1965)

Madhur Jaffrey, Madhur Jaffrey’s Ultimate Curry Bible (London 2003)

Julie Sahni, Classic Indian Cooking (New York 1980)

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Published

2017-05-01

Issue

PPC 108 (2017)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Perkins, Blake. 2017. “A Fine Romance: Rupert Croft-Cooke, India and Indian Foodways”. Petits Propos Culinaires, May, 39-54. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28029.