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https://omeka-s.library.illinois.edu/s/ias/item/4454
- Title
- Biting Through the Skin: an Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland
- Author/Editor(s)
- Furstenau, Nina Mukerjee
- Date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Iowa City: University of Iowa Press
- Call Number
- Main Stacks E184.B26 F87 2013
- Catalog Link
- https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99730456412205899
- Description
- "Biting through the Skin" is a memoir and cookbook that presents a first-generation immigrant's view on growing up in America. Moving from Bengal, India, to Pittsburg, Kansas in 1964, Nina Mukerjee Furstenau’s family maintained their cultural and spiritual values, primarily through Bengali cooking, while also embracing American culture. Sharing the back-pocket recipes of her family, Furstenau invites readers to consider the role of food in preserving cultural heritage, fostering community, and creating a sense of belonging.
