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Choice cuts : a savory selection of food writing from around the world and throughout history / edited and illustrated by Mark Kurlansky.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Books, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 473 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0142004936
  • 9780142004937
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.3 22
Contents:
Gourmets and gourmands -- Food and sex -- Memorable meals -- Favorite restaurants -- Markets -- Not eating -- Rants -- On bread alone -- The mystery of eggs -- Eating your vegetables -- A hill of beans -- The fish that didn't get away -- Poultry, fowl, and other ill-fated birds -- The meat of the matter -- Easy on the starch -- A pinch of seasoning -- Just a salad -- The thing about truffles -- Loving fat -- Bearing fruit -- The dark side of chocolate -- Their just desserts -- A good drink -- Bugs -- The French -- The English -- The Americans -- The Germans -- The politics of food -- What does it mean?
Review: "In this collection Mark Kurlansky serves up a true smorgasbord of "Choice Cuts" by the world's most discerning gourmets and gourmands through the ages - from Plato on the art of cooking to Louis Prima at the pizzeria. Filled throughout with recipes, menus, classic photographs, and Mark Kurlansky's own original drawings, Choice Cuts is a must-have for any serious "foodie.""--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes index.

Gourmets and gourmands -- Food and sex -- Memorable meals -- Favorite restaurants -- Markets -- Not eating -- Rants -- On bread alone -- The mystery of eggs -- Eating your vegetables -- A hill of beans -- The fish that didn't get away -- Poultry, fowl, and other ill-fated birds -- The meat of the matter -- Easy on the starch -- A pinch of seasoning -- Just a salad -- The thing about truffles -- Loving fat -- Bearing fruit -- The dark side of chocolate -- Their just desserts -- A good drink -- Bugs -- The French -- The English -- The Americans -- The Germans -- The politics of food -- What does it mean?

"In this collection Mark Kurlansky serves up a true smorgasbord of "Choice Cuts" by the world's most discerning gourmets and gourmands through the ages - from Plato on the art of cooking to Louis Prima at the pizzeria. Filled throughout with recipes, menus, classic photographs, and Mark Kurlansky's own original drawings, Choice Cuts is a must-have for any serious "foodie.""--BOOK JACKET.

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