Annapurna's Bounty

Feed your mind, body, heart, and soul with these reinvented food legends blessed by Annapurna, Indian Goddess of Nourishment.In this delicious collection, the stories explore food as ploy, bargain, symbolic communication, origin, profession, and bone of contention. Rediscover surprisingly relatable characters from history and legend. Stand by Parvati Bai, wife of the village headman, who must save her village from bandits. Witness the teasing friendship between Emperor Akbar and his problem-solving courtier, Birbal. Experience the anger and anguish of Goddess Parvati, who must put aside her quarrel with Lord Shiva to save a dying Earth. Follow the perilous journeys of Sambusak, an adventurer, and Arman, a refugee, from ancient Persia to India, over land and sea. Some of these stories leap into the present, connecting with twenty-first-century characters. Expertly blending ancient and modern, mystic and mundane, East and West, these delectable tales will banish negativity, to entertain and inspire in equal measure.