Sweets Varanasi DSC_8279
Sweets for the sweet! Woefully behind on visiting the Flickrsphere but back in the glow of the internet and diving back into the pool of photos today! Vark or Varak, is super fine filigree foil sheet of pure metals, typically silver but sometimes gold, used to decorate sweets in Asia to make those look more appetizing. The use of gold and silver foils or leaf has a history that goes back hundreds of years in S. Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The purpose is luxury. By having the foil on foods, the person offering the food is showing that they can both afford to have you eat precious metals at their expense, and that you're a worthy-enough guest for them to do so. I don’t get it! But Pramud, great Varanasi photo guide, bought some for the kids so they could get their lifetime requirement of silver!
Sweets Varanasi DSC_8279
Sweets for the sweet! Woefully behind on visiting the Flickrsphere but back in the glow of the internet and diving back into the pool of photos today! Vark or Varak, is super fine filigree foil sheet of pure metals, typically silver but sometimes gold, used to decorate sweets in Asia to make those look more appetizing. The use of gold and silver foils or leaf has a history that goes back hundreds of years in S. Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The purpose is luxury. By having the foil on foods, the person offering the food is showing that they can both afford to have you eat precious metals at their expense, and that you're a worthy-enough guest for them to do so. I don’t get it! But Pramud, great Varanasi photo guide, bought some for the kids so they could get their lifetime requirement of silver!