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National Dish Around the World in Search of Food History and Meaning of Home

Description: We all have an idea in our heads about what French food is—or Italian, or Japanese, or Mexican, or . . . But where did those ideas come from? Who decides what makes a national food canon? Recipient of three James Beard awards, Anya von Bremzen has written definitive cookbooks on Russian, Spanish, and Latin American cuisines, as well as her internationally acclaimed memoir Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking. Now in National Dish, she sets out to investigate the truth behind the eternal cliché—“we are what we eat”—traveling to six storied food capitals, going high and low, from world-famous chefs to scholars to strangers in bars, in search of how cuisine became connected to place and identity.Paris is where the whole idea of food as national heritage was first invented, and so it is where Anya must begin. With an inquisitive eye and unmistakable wit, she ponders the codification of French food and the current tension between locavorism and globalization. From France, she’s off to Naples, to probe the myth and reality of pizza, pasta, and Italian-ness. Next up, Tokyo, where Anya and her partner Barry explore ramen, rice, and the distance between Japan’s future and its past. From there they move to Seville, to search for the community-based essence of Spain’s tapas traditions, and then Oaxaca, where debates over postcolonial cultural integration find expression in maize and mole. In Istanbul, a traditional Ottoman potluck becomes a lens on how a former multicultural empire defines its food heritage. Finally, they land back in their beloved home in Queens, for a dinner centered on Ukrainian borsch, a meal that has never felt more loaded, or more precious and poignant.A unique and magical cook’s tour of the world, National Dish brings us to a deep appreciation of how the country makes the food, and the food the country. Shipping is free for domestic media mail with tracking. If you have any questions, just ask.

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Original Language: English

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Book Title: National Dish : Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Publication Year: 2023

Topic: Regional & Ethnic / General, Special Interest / General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Essays & Narratives, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism

Item Height: 1.3 in

Genre: Travel, Cooking, Political Science, Social Science

Item Weight: 19.9 Oz

Item Length: 9.3 in

Author: Anya Von Bremzen

Item Width: 6.3 in

Format: Hardcover

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