"As scholars, though, [the editors] were attentive to how what had come to be labelled as 'Indian' food had been constructed in line with idealised patterns of 'Hindu' consumption throughout the twentieth century and beyond -- often to the detriment of Indian Muslims. This was despite the fact that the arrival of Islam in India from the seventh century onwards had radically reshaped cooking and eating in India, making Indian food what it is today."--Page xviii
