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Bremzen Anya von

9781911590910

BOOK DETAILS

Price: $34.99
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781911590910
Published: June 2023

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Travelling from Paris to Tokyo, from Seville, Oaxaca and Naples to Istanbul, she investigates the rapid decline of France's pot-au-feu, the misconstrued beginnings of pizza, the meeting of indigenous and European lineages in mole, and the complex legacy of multi-culturalism in a meze potluck.

"Never have we been more cosmopolitan about what we eat - and yet more essentialist, locavore, and particularist." With a witty mix of anecdote and research, Anya von Bremzen reassess the fascinating role that food can play in our cultural heritage, and uncovers how as a nation's political and social identity are called into question, so too is its palate.

'A fast-paced, entertaining travelogue, peppered with compact history lessons that reveal the surprising ways dishes become iconic' -New York Times

'This dazzlingly intelligent examination of how foods become national symbols . . . so enlightening - as well as so much fun to read . . . Von Bremzen is a superb describer of flavours and textures - but she also understands that food is never just about food' -Bee Wilson in Financial Times

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781911590910
Published: June 2023

Number of pages: 352
Width: 153 mm
Height: 234 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Pushkin Press

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