A World of Nourishment

Today as in the past, perhaps no other great culture of humankind is so markedly characterised by traditions in the field of nutrition as that of South Asia. In India food has served to express religious values, philosophical positions or material power, and between norms and narration Indian litera...

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Main Authors: Cinzia Pieruccini (Author), Paola M. Rossi (Author)
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