Dear all,
This is my first blog against this new background and it really does feel like a new set up. The last time my blog said "archaeologybuff", which was fine, as I AM a buff of that subject. But over the last 2-3 years my interests expanded and I finally brought in a aspect to my focus: food! :D I have been writing this past 1 year on healthy food for the Daily Star newspaper's weekly magazine Lifestyle and have generated quite a deep seated interest in the heritage of food.
I find it fascinating to know that you can define a culture or a people by the kind of food they eat. Now we Bengalis for example, were never really hunter-gatherers as we lived in the most fertile delta that provided us with all we needed. Hence vegetables, even water hyacinths play a major role in our diet as does fish of course. Whereas my mother's side of the family being half Punjabi and half Pathan from Pakistan, had a culture of hunting as well as farming by the river banks of Punjab so their diet is a whole lot more different with bread and meat playing a major role. And so continues my journey of learning about the history of food and so I hope I can keep entertaining you with interesting anecdotes and info :D
As for archaeology... my sister and I were on a quest to look for Ashoka as well as the great traveller monk Hiuen Tsang. I shall update you on that soon as well as other escapades from my commitment to bringing you the best of archaeology, this side of the Ganges :)
Cheers for now and eat healthy!! :D
This is my first blog against this new background and it really does feel like a new set up. The last time my blog said "archaeologybuff", which was fine, as I AM a buff of that subject. But over the last 2-3 years my interests expanded and I finally brought in a aspect to my focus: food! :D I have been writing this past 1 year on healthy food for the Daily Star newspaper's weekly magazine Lifestyle and have generated quite a deep seated interest in the heritage of food.
I find it fascinating to know that you can define a culture or a people by the kind of food they eat. Now we Bengalis for example, were never really hunter-gatherers as we lived in the most fertile delta that provided us with all we needed. Hence vegetables, even water hyacinths play a major role in our diet as does fish of course. Whereas my mother's side of the family being half Punjabi and half Pathan from Pakistan, had a culture of hunting as well as farming by the river banks of Punjab so their diet is a whole lot more different with bread and meat playing a major role. And so continues my journey of learning about the history of food and so I hope I can keep entertaining you with interesting anecdotes and info :D
As for archaeology... my sister and I were on a quest to look for Ashoka as well as the great traveller monk Hiuen Tsang. I shall update you on that soon as well as other escapades from my commitment to bringing you the best of archaeology, this side of the Ganges :)
Cheers for now and eat healthy!! :D
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| Zucchini soup with yak cheese and parsely. Slurp! |
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| At Nalanda, the 5th century ancient Indian university the likes of which have never been seen! |
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| Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. Sublime... |
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