Food: A Taste of the Road
The one universal constant in travel is food. This award-winning collection proves that you can break bread with strangers and leave the table as friends, discover and understand cultures through their cuisine, enrich your travel experiences through cooking, and heighten your sense of taste and adventure. Wander through the pages and experience the world through your taste buds!
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In this revised and updated edition of Food -- Silver Medal winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book -- the world is revealed through the medium of cuisine. Join such top writers as M. F. K. Fisher, P. J. O’Rourke, Colin Thubron, Ginu Kamani, Simon Loftus, and Gary Paul Nabhanon on culinary quests of all kinds: dine with locals in Casablanca on a determined pilgrimage for an authentic meal; encounter a mysterious prankster in a garden in the South of France; and go crabbing under the stars on a romantic night in the Caribbean. “Here are feasts for the hungry ... writing wrapped around our stomachs, our hearts, and our sense of place.” — Los Angeles Times
PrefacexvMapxviiiIntroductionxxiPart 1Essence of FoodApron Strings3Feast of the Pig14A Language for Food17A Tibetan Picnic21A Man and His Chile26Breakfast Without Toast33Hungry Ghosts37Goan Feast52Burnt Offerings54Salmon Head58Food for Thought61All Guns, No Butter67A World Without Latkes84Breaking Bread90Bananas94Slaying the Dragon98Part 2Some Things To DoTomatoes119Etiquette Soup128The Way of Iced Coffee134India on an Empty Stomach137Cafe Tacuba147One Woman's Spice Route155The Monsoon Cocktail160Kenyan Barbeque166Crustacean of Love173That Gnawing Feeling178Give unto Others186Camaraderie190Bush Tucker194Drinking an 1806 Chateau Lafite200Part 3Going Your Own WayNight of Oranges215Baking Under the Table218The Huntress230Then I Slept236Caller of Dolphins244Spanish Guts249Momos at Tashi's257Backstage at Cafe Annie265Si, Simpatica280Eating up the Mekong287Morocco Blue297Fried Eggs and Chapatis307Gastronome's Dream314Waltz at the End of Earth332Part 4In the ShadowsPass on the Primate341Even Their Eyes Are Hungry351The Laughter of Rul359There Was a Train366To Serve Man378Liberation Day385Dumpster Diving394Part 5The Last WordPilgrims All411Books for Further Reading417Index421Index of Contributors423Acknowledgements425
