Review: Curry: How Indian Food Conquered Britain by Shrabani Basu
In Curry: How Indian Food Conquered Britain, Shrabani Basu uses her sharp eye and ceaseless curiosity to retell the saga of one of UK’s most popular dishes, the curry. More than two million people visit 8000 curry restaurants in Britain each week. Each year, GBP 2 billion is spent in Indian restaurants, while Marks and Spencer’s sells 18 tonnes of Chicken Tikka Masala every week. How did Britain come to take curry so much to its collective heart? Where did the word ‘curry’ originate? When did the first curry restaurants…