NATIONAL DISH : AROUND THE WORLD IN SEARCH OF FOOD HISTORY AND THE MEANING OF HOME HC – ANYA VON BREMZEN

p b AN ENTERTAINING AND STYLISH EXPLORATION OF FOOD AND NATIONALITY, FROM AWARD-WINNING WRITER ANYA VON BREMZEN /b /p p b This voyage into culinary myth-making is essential reading… I couldn t love it more! Nigella Lawson /b /p p b A truly captivating and evocative book. i National Dish /i takes you on a food journey written with real warmth, wit and perception Dan Saladino /b /p p b A sparklingly intelligent examination of, and a meditation on, the interplay of cooking and identity i Spectator /b /i /p p ________ /p p In i National Dish /i , award-winning food writer Anya von Bremzen sets out to investigate the eternal cliche that we are what we eat . Her journey takes her from Paris to Tokyo, from Seville, Oaxaca and Naples to Istanbul. She probes the decline of France s pot-au-feu in the age of globalisation, the stratospheric rise of ramen, the legend of pizza, the postcolonial paradoxes of Mexico s mole, the community essence of tapas, and the complex legacy of multiculturalism in a meze feast. Finally she returns to her home in Queens, New York, for a bowl of Ukrainian borscht -a dish which has never felt more loaded, or more precious. /p p As each nation s social and political identity is explored, so too is its palate. Rich in research, colourful? characters and lively wit, i National Dish /i peels back the layers of myth and misunderstanding around world cuisines, reassessing the pivotal role of food in our cultural heritage and identity. /p p b Featuring an epilogue on Ukrainian borscht, recently granted World Heritage status by UNESCO /b /p p ________ /p p b FURTHER PRAISE FOR i NATIONAL DISH /i /b /p p b So enlightening /b – as well as well so much b fun to read /b … Von Bremzen is a superb describer of flavours and textures Bee Wilson i Financial Times /i /p p b A fast-paced, entertaining travelogue /b , peppered with compact history lessons that reveal the surprising ways dishes become iconic i