FEAST OF FLAVOR: CULINARY AND GASTRONOMIC TRADITIONS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA
Cultures with a stable history have food habits and traditions compatible with survival of the group in particular settings. Food consumption patterns intersect with economics, politics, social structure, and culture, and thus analysis of these is imkhud perative. The culinary traditions of Himachal (a North state of the Republic of India) are as prosperous and assorted as its communities. This traditions, which are the integral part of culture, are an art which has been passed on from one generation to another entirely by a word of mouth. Food is a subtle insignia of unification of global and local. The knowledge of how cuisines acclimatize to new environments gives a valuable counterbalance to think of the olden times in terms of impersonal, conventional, and tempting influences.