Food: A Taste of the Road / Edition 2

by Richard Sterling, Margo True

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781885211774
Publisher:	Travelers' Tales Guides, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/28/2002
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	5.13(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	xv
	Map	xviii
	Introduction	xxi
Part 1	Essence of Food
	Apron Strings	3
	Feast of the Pig	14
	A Language for Food	17
	A Tibetan Picnic	21
	A Man and His Chile	26
	Breakfast Without Toast	33
	Hungry Ghosts	37
	Goan Feast	52
	Burnt Offerings	54
	Salmon Head	58
	Food for Thought	61
	All Guns, No Butter	67
	A World Without Latkes	84
	Breaking Bread	90
	Bananas	94
	Slaying the Dragon	98
Part 2	Some Things To Do
	Tomatoes	119
	Etiquette Soup	128
	The Way of Iced Coffee	134
	India on an Empty Stomach	137
	Cafe Tacuba	147
	One Woman's Spice Route	155
	The Monsoon Cocktail	160
	Kenyan Barbeque	166
	Crustacean of Love	173
	That Gnawing Feeling	178
	Give unto Others	186
	Camaraderie	190
	Bush Tucker	194
	Drinking an 1806 Chateau Lafite	200
Part 3	Going Your Own Way
	Night of Oranges	215
	Baking Under the Table	218
	The Huntress	230
	Then I Slept	236
	Caller of Dolphins	244
	Spanish Guts	249
	Momos at Tashi's	257
	Backstage at Cafe Annie	265
	Si, Simpatica	280
	Eating up the Mekong	287
	Morocco Blue	297
	Fried Eggs and Chapatis	307
	Gastronome's Dream	314
	Waltz at the End of Earth	332
Part 4	In the Shadows
	Pass on the Primate	341
	Even Their Eyes Are Hungry	351
	The Laughter of Rul	359
	There Was a Train	366
	To Serve Man	378
	Liberation Day	385
	Dumpster Diving	394
Part 5	The Last Word
	Pilgrims All	411
	Books for Further Reading	417
	Index	421
	Index of Contributors	423
	Acknowledgements	425