Imagine strings of laden camels labouring across grasslands, deserts, and mountain passes, stopping at oasis cities where bazaars overflow with silks, spices and slaves.

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Fruits

Vegetables

Animal hides

Gunpowder

Artwork

Gemstones

Silk

Spices

Textiles

Grains

Precious metals

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The Silk Road was an ancient land and sea network of trade. It played a massive role facilitating exchanges between people and cultures.

 

To allow for change but also keep with tradition, the Indian Delights (Mayat 1982) cookbook is one of our key readings at the institution of homemaking. It is a compendium of the Indian diaspora, as it archives cookery, with domestic rituals, origin stories, myths, and folklore.

Despite the trend of working wives, Indian husbands still insist on meals as mother prepared them, but how much is sufficient? how long does it take? And at what cost?