Unmentionable Cuisine by Calvin W Schwabe

Unmentionable Cuisine by Calvin W Schwabe

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Unmentionable Cuisine by Calvin W Schwabe

An engaging look at food prejudices, or why we eat what we eat and why we reject other food sources as unpalatable--with recipes This is a unique and engrossing work and, to my mind, an important contribution to the annals of gastronomy. It will not, of course, appeal to all palates . . . but neither do snails and sweetbreads, brains and other oddments of animals. --Craig Claiborne I read from cover to cover with huge enjoyment. . . I can recall no other book that has covered the subject of strange foods with quite his flair and authority, and I consider the book required reading for anyone interested in the lore of food. --James Beard
An engaging look at "food prejudices," or why we eat what we eat and why we reject other food sources as unpalatable--with recipes! "This is a unique and engrossing work and, to my mind, an important contribution to the annals of gastronomyIt will not, of course, appeal to all palates . . . but neither do snails and sweetbreads, brains and other oddments of animals." —Craig Claiborne

"I read from cover to cover with huge enjoyment. . . I can recall no other book that has covered the subject of strange foods with quite his flair and authority, and I consider the book required reading for anyone interested in the lore of food." —James Beard
Calvin W. Schwabe was a professor of epidemiology in the schools of veterinary medicine and medicine at the University of California, Davis. He served as consultant on many international committees and commissions, including a number under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization.
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ISBN 13 9780813911625
ISBN 10 0813911621
Title Unmentionable Cuisine
Author Calvin W Schwabe
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Year published 1988-06-30
Number of pages 476
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.