The Royale
Overview
History Of Indian Food: Indian cuisine is about as easy to explain as thermodynamics. Over 5,000 years of history, India has welcomed a multitude of settlers with a variety of belief systems. In order to understand the evolution of the indigenous cuisine of India, one must realize this country is anything but homogenous. Regions and religions make up a large portion of the cultural fabric of the food. "Indian food" has been coined a phrase that a native would surely laugh at because such a phrase would be like saying to a sommelier "North American wine." Like Napa, Sonoma, Columbia, and Anderson Valley, for example, there are many areas within India that have its own unique cooking methods, spices, and local ingredients. Tipping the population scale at over one billion, the diversity of its food is as diverse as its people.
