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Description for Offal
Hardcover. Offal explores our complicated relationship with nose-to-tail eating and the extreme reactions it inspires. From tongue in Sichuan and gizzard stew in Rio de Janeiro to spicy cartilage in Calcutta, Offal sheds new light on the sometimes stomach-churning foods we consume. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 40 colour, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Whether you call it offal, variety meat or organ meat, or prefer to eat it unwittingly in burgers and sausages, the whole spectrum of an animal's glands, essential organs, skin, muscle, guts and every unmentionable in between can be and is eaten across the globe. But can we enjoy a pig's heart, a cow's eyes, or a sheep's brain when it reminds us so viscerally of our own flesh and blood? As Nina Edwards shows in this intriguing history, offal has been consumed and enjoyed across ages and continents, though it is often hidden by the rich variety of terms ... Read more
Whether you call it offal, variety meat or organ meat, or prefer to eat it unwittingly in burgers and sausages, the whole spectrum of an animal's glands, essential organs, skin, muscle, guts and every unmentionable in between can be and is eaten across the globe. But can we enjoy a pig's heart, a cow's eyes, or a sheep's brain when it reminds us so viscerally of our own flesh and blood? As Nina Edwards shows in this intriguing history, offal has been consumed and enjoyed across ages and continents, though it is often hidden by the rich variety of terms ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Edible
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780230979
SKU
V9781780230979
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Nina Edwards
Nina Edwards is a freelance writer and the author of On the Button: The Significance of an Ordinary Item (2011). She lives in London.
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