{"product_id":"9781911590880-national-dish","title":"National Dish","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAround the World in Search of Food, History and the Meaning of Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN ENTERTAINING AND STYLISH EXPLORATION OF FOOD AND NATIONALITY, FROM AWARD-WINNING WRITER ANYA VON BREMZEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This voyage into culinary myth-making is essential reading. I couldn't love it more!' Nigella Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A truly captivating and evocative book. \u003ci\u003e National Dish \u003c\/i\u003e takes you on a food journey written with real warmth, wit and perception' Dan Saladino\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sparklingly intelligent examination of, and a meditation on, the interplay of cooking and identity' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNational Dish\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning food writer Anya von Bremzen sets out to investigate the eternal cliché 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs each nation's social and political identity is explored, so too is its palate. Rich in research, colourful? characters and lively wit, \u003ci\u003eNational Dish\u003c\/i\u003e peels back the layers of myth and misunderstanding around world cuisines, reassessing the pivotal role of food in our cultural heritage and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing an epilogue on Ukrainian borscht, recently granted World Heritage status by UNESCO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFURTHER PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eNATIONAL DISH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eSo enlightening\u003c\/b\u003e - as well as well so much \u003cb\u003efun to read\u003c\/b\u003e. Von Bremzen is a superb describer of flavours and textures' Bee Wilson\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fast-paced, entertaining travelogue\u003c\/b\u003e, peppered with compact history lessons that reveal the surprising ways dishes become iconic' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eEnchanting, fascinating, thought provoking and humorous\u003c\/b\u003e' Claudia Roden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A \u003cb\u003eplayful, erudite and mouthwatering\u003c\/b\u003e exploration of ideas around food and identity. With the help of a diverse group of characters and dishes, Anya von Bremzen highlights the intricacies and contradictions of our relationship with what we eat' Fuschia Dunlop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Anya von Bremzen's new book \u003cb\u003ereads like an engrossing unputdownable novel\u003c\/b\u003e about the perpetual soup of humanity' Oli Hercules\u003c\/p\u003e'An\u003cb\u003e evocative, gorgeously layered\u003c\/b\u003e exercise in place-making and cultural exploration.'\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Von Bremzen's knowledge is staggering and her writing \u003cb\u003ewitty, urgent and personal\u003c\/b\u003e. I couldn't put it down' Diana Henry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40935520305249,"sku":"9781911590880","price":18.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41161754_f9ed2253-17ed-47f6-b529-f2786fad14b9.jpg?v=1778128304","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781911590880-national-dish","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}