Following Fish
eBook - ePub

Following Fish

One Man's Journey into the Food and Culture of the Indian Coast

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Following Fish

One Man's Journey into the Food and Culture of the Indian Coast

About this book

In India's long and diverse coastline, fish inhabit the heart of many aspects of life: food of course, and also culture, commerce, sports, history, and society. Journeying along the edges of the peninsula, Samanth Subramanian delivers a kaleidoscope of extraordinary stories.
Following Fish conducts rich, journalistic investigations of the use of fish to treat asthmatics in Hyderabad; of the preparation and the process of eating West Bengal's prized hilsa; of the ancient art of building fishing boats in Gujarat; of the fiery cuisine and the singular spirit of Kerala's toddy shops; of the food and the lives of Mumbai's first peoples; of the history of an old Catholic fishing community in Tamil Nadu; and of the hunt for the world's fastest fish near Goa; and of many others.
Pulsating with pleasure, adventure, and discovery, Following Fish reveals a series of unknown Indias in a book as intriguing as the country itself.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. On hunting the hilsa and mastering its bones
  8. 2. On swallowing a live fish
  9. 3. On the ear lobe that changed history
  10. 4. On an odyssey through toddy shops
  11. 5. On searching for a once-lost love
  12. 6. On pursuing the fastest fish in the ocean
  13. 7. On grieving for bygone beaches and fish
  14. 8. On seeking to eat as a city once ate
  15. 9. On the crafting of a fishing boat
  16. Afterword
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. Also by Samanth Subramanian
  19. Note on the Author
  20. Newsletter Sign-up
  21. Contents
  22. Copyright