TY - BOOK AU - Collingham,Lizzie AU - Salma Husain TI - AROUND INDIA'S FIRST TABLE : Dining and Entertaining at the Rashtrapati Bhavan SN - 9788123021287 U1 - 954.56 PY - 2016////01/01 CY - New Delhi PB - Publication Division Govt of India KW - India-New Delhi KW - Rashtrapati Bhavan (New Delhi, India) KW - Rashtrapati Bhavan (New Delhi, India) KW - Dinners and dining KW - Entertaining N1 - This volume traces the history of dining and entertaining at Rashtrapati Bhavan from the days when the British viceroys served French food in the stately dining room, through the early years of the republic, and the gradual replacement from Western to Indian cuisine. The reader is taken behind the scenes to follow the careful preparations which make India's first table a site for successful gastronomic diplomacy. ER -