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Ugly Food: Overlooked and Undercooked
Richard Horsey
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Description for Ugly Food: Overlooked and Undercooked
Hardback. Ugly Food tackles head-on our aversion to odd-looking ingredients. Read it, try the recipes, and emerge a convert Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 262 x 21. Weight in Grams: 954.
Why don't we eat more octopus? Cheeks and feet are good value and delicious, so why do people prefer fillet or chops? What about rabbits and squirrels? And what's wrong with ugly vegetables?The food industry, like the fashion industry, seems driven by the pursuit of impossible perfection: pre-packaged meats with nary a head, foot or set of giblets in sight, and supermarkets stacked with rows of blemish-free fruit and vegetables. But the same ingredients that are neglected, overlooked, and forgotten, are also tasty, sustainable and cheap.Ugly Food aims to change the way people think about food, revealing the tips and ... Read more
Why don't we eat more octopus? Cheeks and feet are good value and delicious, so why do people prefer fillet or chops? What about rabbits and squirrels? And what's wrong with ugly vegetables?The food industry, like the fashion industry, seems driven by the pursuit of impossible perfection: pre-packaged meats with nary a head, foot or set of giblets in sight, and supermarkets stacked with rows of blemish-free fruit and vegetables. But the same ingredients that are neglected, overlooked, and forgotten, are also tasty, sustainable and cheap.Ugly Food aims to change the way people think about food, revealing the tips and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849046862
SKU
V9781849046862
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Ref
99-99
About Richard Horsey
Richard Horsey grew up in the sleepy English seaside town of Lyme Regis. He has worked for the United Nations fighting forced labour, as a foreign-exchange trader in Hong Kong and as an itinerant dishwasher. He has a doctorate in cognitive science and is an expert on the politics of Myanmar. He lives in Yangon. Tim Wharton has been a ... Read more
Reviews for Ugly Food: Overlooked and Undercooked
'With their book Ugly Food, Horsey and Wharton have become cheerleaders for those vegetables, animal parts and fish species deemed so unattractive that they go to waste ... it includes tricks you need to prepare undervalued ingredients with ease. Even chicken feet or pig's cheeks suddenly look a whole lot more appetising.'
The Observer Magazine
The Observer Magazine