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• Eating the World: Food Without Frontiers - Article by Roger Scruton examining the relation of modernity to the culture of food.
• Gastronomica - A quarterly journal for the scholarly study of food and food issues.
• Myodicy: A Christian Philosophy of Food Selection - An academic paper on a Christian approach to which foods to eat, in pdf format. [PDF]
• Slow Food - International movement opposing fast food and promoting dining as a source of pleasure. Newsletter, events, and membership information.
• The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook - Humorous sketch imagining a young Sartre obsessed with food.
• The Physiology of Taste - An etext of this classic eclectic work of culinary commentary, as rendered into English by Fayette Robinson. Available in HTML sections or as a ZIP file.

Random Indian Recipes:-

• Prawns Pickle
  Clean and wash prawns neatly. Drain water completely. Marinate with Salt,turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste for 30 min. In a pan heat oil and add hing and red chilly powder. Fry for 2 min. Now add methi powder and marinated prawns. Fry again for 2-3 min. Lastly...
  
  
• Medu Vada
  Soak urd dal in water for at least 5 hours and grind it without water. Add salt,black pepper powder and beat well to make it light and fluffy. Add chopped coriander leaves,curry leaves and green chilly pieces. Heat oil and Shape the daal mixture into flat rounds and make a hole in the center. Add little rice flour if shape is not forming. Fry first over high heat and then over lower heat till golden brown. Remove the vada out of oil and drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot with green chutney or sambar.
  
  
• Smoke Chicken
  First clean the chicken and apply ginger garlic paste,curd,salt and red colour and keep aside for 1 hour. After one hour in a pan take 2 tbsp oil and fry onion for 4-5 min. Add red chilly powder,turmeric powder and fry for one min. Now pour marinated chicken in pan and allow to cook. When oil started to seperate from the mixture add garam masala powder. Burn koyla on gas. When koyla burn fully put this koyla in ...
  
  
• Mutton Cutlet
  Wash kheema and pressure Cook without water,by adding half portion of chopped onion, ginger garlic paste and garam masala powder. In a pan heat 1 cup of oil and add another half portion of ginger garlic paste,onion and green chilly. Fry for a minute and then add the cooked kheema,boiled potatoes green peas,red chilli powder,turmeric powder, garam masala powder, pepper powder,cumin powder,lime juice and salt. Cook on low flame for about 20 min or ...
  
  
• Mango Sasav
  Wash,peel and cube mangoes. Dry roast 1/2 tsp mustard seeds in a pan till they crackle. Add to the coconut and grind fine paste along with jeera,turmeric powder,red chilly powder and peppercorns. Heat oil and add 1/2 tsp mustard seeds and allow to crackle. Now pour the grind paste. Add jaggery,tamarind pulp,salt,mango pieces and 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil and simmer till all the water dries out. Add more jaggery if necessary. Serve hot with rice.
  
  
• Satyanarayana Prasad
  Clean rava and fry in hot ghee till light brown on slow flame. In another pan mix milk and water and keep to boil. Pour the milk mixture on fried rava. Make pieces of kaju and almond. Chop the banana into small pieces. When rava cook add sugar and cover the pan. Add kismis,kaju,almond and banana pieces. Mix well and cover the pan for 2-3 min. Lastly add elaichi powder. Prasad is ready.
  
  
• Kadboli
  In a pan heat butter and add rice flour,maida,Sesame seeds,red chilly powder and salt. Mix well and knead dough using hot water. Cover the dough and keep aside for 40 min. After 40 min knead again and make small balls out of dough. Now make into rope and give kadboli shape. Heat oil in a kadai and fry kadbolis on low flame till dark brown. Allow to cool and store in air-tight container.
  
  
• Potato Burfi
  Boil potato and mash finely. Grate coconut. In a thick bottom pan mix mashed potato,coconut and sugar. Allow to cook on a low flame (appx. 45-50 min). When the mixture bacame thick remove from the gas. Add elaichi powder and mix well. Pour the mixture on greased platform. Roll out the mixture with roll pin to make 1 cm thick. Cut the pieces as shape as you want. Allow to cool.
  
  
• Sarson ka Saag
  Chop the sarson vegetable,palak, chillies and tomatoes and boil them in cooker for 10 min. Cool and grind coarsely. Add some makki ka aata and boil this without covering the pan until all the liquid dries up. In another pan heat ghee and add red chilly powder,garam masala powder,,haldi ,methi seeds and mustard seeds. Then add chopped onions, ginger, garlic and salt. Fry well and add above saag. Mix well and simmer for 2-3 min.
  
  
• Plain Dosa
  Wash rice,urad dal and methi seeds and soak in a water for atleast 4 hours. Grind to a smooth paste with a water.and keep aside for atleast 4-5 hours. Add salt and mix well. Heat a non-stick tava and grease with butter or oil. when hot, sprinkle a little ...