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The Gastronomica Reader
Goldstein D
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Description for The Gastronomica Reader
Hardback. Offers a sampling from the pages of "Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture" - including essays, poetry, interviews, memoirs, and a selection of the artwork that has made Gastronomica so distinctive. This book investigates topics from early hominid cooking to Third Reich caterers to the Shiite clergy. Editor(s): Goldstein, Darra. Num Pages: 376 pages, 46 color illustrations, 14 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 204 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Described in the "2008 Saveur 100" as 'At the top of our bedside reading pile since its inception in 2001', the award-winning "Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture" is a quarterly feast of truly exceptional writing on food. Designed both to entertain and to provoke, "The Gastronomica Reader" now offers a sumptuous sampling from the journal's pages - including essays, poetry, interviews, memoirs, and an outstanding selection of the artwork that has made Gastronomica so distinctive. In words and images, it takes us around the globe, through time, and into a dazzling array of cultures, investigating topics from early ... Read more
Described in the "2008 Saveur 100" as 'At the top of our bedside reading pile since its inception in 2001', the award-winning "Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture" is a quarterly feast of truly exceptional writing on food. Designed both to entertain and to provoke, "The Gastronomica Reader" now offers a sumptuous sampling from the journal's pages - including essays, poetry, interviews, memoirs, and an outstanding selection of the artwork that has made Gastronomica so distinctive. In words and images, it takes us around the globe, through time, and into a dazzling array of cultures, investigating topics from early ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520259393
SKU
V9780520259393
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99-1
About Goldstein D
Darra Goldstein is Editor-in-Chief of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture and Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Russian at Williams College. She is the author of The Georgian Feast: The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia (UC Press; winner of the International Association of Culinary Professionals' 1994 Julia Child Cookbook of the Year ... Read more
Reviews for The Gastronomica Reader
"A volume to browse and absorb." New York Times "This volume should absorb anyone with an appetite for unconventional food writing." STARRED REVIEW Publishers Weekly "It is easy to get quickly drawn in and once you do, it is difficult to put this book down."
Andrea Rappaport San Francisco Book Review "Delights in manners ranging from the poetic to ... Read more
Andrea Rappaport San Francisco Book Review "Delights in manners ranging from the poetic to ... Read more