TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marcone,Massimo Francesco
TI  - In bad taste?: the adventures and science behind food delicacies
SN  - 1552638820
AV  - TX631 .M37 2007
U1  - 641.013 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Toronto, Ont.
PB  - Key Porter Books
KW  - Food habits
N1  - 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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