Illustrations in the text
I: Bakers (Kashmir, 1850–60), Oriental and India Office Collections, Add.Or.1681
II: View of the fortified city of Goa in 1509, showing the Portuguese war fleet in the East Indies (early 16th century), Oriental and India Office Collections, P859
III: The Dutch factory at Surat in Pieter van den Broecke, Korte Historiael ende Journaelsche Aenteckyeninghe (Amsterdam, 1634), British Library, 10095.aaa.49
IV: A gentleman’s khedmutgars, or table servants bringing in dinner in Charles D’Oyly, The European in India (London, 1813), plate VII, Oriental and India Office Collections, W625
V: Advertisement for Empress Currie Powder in Joseph Edmunds, Curries and How to Prepare Them. Recipes by some of the most eminent chefs de cuisine, including E. Francatelli . . . and C. H. Senn (London, 1903)
VI: Our Cook Room, George Franklin Atkinson, Curry and Rice on Forty Plates; or the Ingredients of Social Life at “Our Station” in India (2nd edn, London, 1859), Oriental and India Office Collections, W2868
VII: Pathan labourers of the frontier area enjoying their afternoon tea (1920s), Bourne and Shepherd, Oriental and India Office Collections, Photo 703/(5)
VIII: Indian employees at Veeraswamy’s (1920s), private collection
IX: The Taste of India restaurant in Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa (2001), private collection
1: A banquet including roast goose given to Babur by the Mirzas (1507), Oriental and India Office Collections, Or.3714, f.260b
2: Harvesting of the almond crop at Kand-i-Badam Oriental and India Office Collections, Or.3714, f.6b
3: Portuguese man reading a book held by a servant (c.1595), Oriental and India Office Collections. J.16,6
4: Grain merchant in Pushkar (1999), private collection
5: Sweet shop in northern India (1980s), private collection
6: Nasir al-Din Haidar (King of Oudh, 1827–37) at dinner with a British official and wife (c.1831), Oriental and India Office Collections, Add.Or.2599
7: Cooked food and kawab makers (Kashmir, 1850–60), Oriental and India Office Collections, Add.Or.1687
8: Cook shop in northern India (1980s), private collection
9: Frying puris (1996), Jeremy Horner/CORBIS
10: Our burra khana in George Franklin Atkinson, Curry and Rice on Forty Plates; or the Ingredients of Social Life at “Our Station” in India (2nd edn, London, 1859), Oriental and India Office Collections, W2868
11: The interior of the Governor-General’s travelling kitchen tent with numerous uniformed cooks engaged in cooking a meal (1820–21), Oriental and India Office Collections, Add.Or.4921
12: A servant setting out a meal in camp (1930s), private collection
13: Grinding curry stuff (Bangalore, 1901–4), Higginbothams, Oriental and India Office Collections, Photo 494/(37)
14: Kitchen servants (c.1880), W. W. Hooper, Oriental and India Office Collections, Photo 447/3(56)
15: The breakfast William Tayler, Sketches Illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Indians and Anglo-Indians (London, 1842), Oriental and India Office Collections, X42
16: Delivering tiffin boxes in Bombay (1996), Catherine Karnow/CORBIS
17: A dabba-wallah in New Delhi (1990s), private collection
18: Packing tea for export (1901), Robert Arthur Ellis, Oriental and India Office Collections, Photo 304/53
19: Madras tea shop Edward Hilder Colebrook (1940), Oriental and India Office Collections, Photo 469/5 (44)
20: Sadhu drinking tea in Pushkar (1990s), private collection
21: Lovers’ picnic (1970s), private collection
22: Anglo-Indian picnic (1930s), private collection
23: Indian picnic (1980s), private collection
24: Vegetable market in Pushkar (1990s), private collection
25: Chicken seller in northern India (1980s), private collection
26: A village store selling curry powder and corned beef on the island of Savai’i, Samoa (2001), private collection
Endpapers
The interior of Veeraswamy’s (1920s), private collection
Picture credits
The author and publishers are grateful for the following:
Plates I, II, III, IV, VI, VII and 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 by permission of the British Library. Plates 12, 22 Jana Howlett. Plates 5, 8, 23, 25 Olivier Mettery. Plates IX, 4, 17, 20, 24, 26 Thomas Seidel. Plate VIII Masala World Ltd. Plates 9, 16 Corbis.