Author: Khare, R.S., editor:
Title: The Eternal Food : Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists
Description: Albany, State University of New York, (1992). orig. boards. xiv, 273 pp. 23x15cm,. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contains 8 papers. Includes: R.S. Khare "Food with Saints: An Aspect of Hindu Gastrosemantics"; D.G. White "You Are What You Eat: The Anomalous Status of Dog-Cookers in Hindu Mythology": V. Aklujkar "Sharing the Divine Feast: Evolution of Food Metaphor in Marathi Sant Poetry"; P.M. Toomey " Mountain of Food, Mountain of Love: Ritual Inversion in the Annakuta Feast at Mount Govardhan"; M. Moreno "Pancamirtam: God's Washings as Food"; H.L. Seneviratne "Food Essence & the Essence of Experience"; R.S. Khare " Annambrahman: Cultural Models, Meanings & Aesthetics of Hindu Food"; A.K. Ramanujan "Food for Thought: Toward an Anthology of Food Images".

Keywords: Comparative Religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, Indian Food, Cultural, Anthropology, Hindu Symbolism, Religious Symbols, South Asia