In bad taste? : the adventures and science behind food delicacies.
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TextPublisher: Toronto, Ont. : Key Porter Books, c2007Description: 198 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 1552638820
- 9781552638828
- 641.013 22
- TX631 .M37 2007
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 641.013 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A400792B |
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Foreword / Jay Ingram -- Introduction: Do food adventurers get what they pay for? the world of bizarre food delicacies -- Introducing Dr. Massimo Marcone: food scientist, adventurer, and urban myth buster -- Indonesia: Kopi Luwak, the rarest and most expensive coffee in the world, a.k.a. gourmet "cat" scat coffee, naturally deCATinated coffee -- Ethiopia: in search for an alternative source of Kopi Luwak coffee -- Morocco: argan oil, a.k.a. gourmet goat-dung oil -- Malaysia, Indonesia, and Hong Kong: "The caviar of the East": edible bird's nests, a.k.a. saliva soup -- Italy (Sardinia and Abruzzi): Casu Frazigu (Marzu): the world's enigmatic and underground cheese, a.k.a. rotten or maggot cheese -- Canada and the United States: the great American morel hunt -- Thailand and Mexico: insects for dinner? -- Inside the "CSI laboratory": food and food delicacies -- Taste development: case of nature versus nurture?
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