Banerji, Chitrita

The Hour of the goddess : memories of women, food and ritual in Bengal / Chitrita Banerji - New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2006 - 144p, 20cm.

Combining cultural insight, personal anecdote and recipes, this work examines the complex connection between gender and food preparation, and the intricate relationship between food, ritual and art in Bengal. It takes the reader on a journey that spans the author's personal growth from girlhood to womanhood in Calcutta.

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Bengal (India)--Social life and customs
Cookery, Indic
Food habits--India--Bengal
Hinduism--Religious life and customs
Women--India--Bengal--Social conditions

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