National Dish by Anya Von Bremzen

National Dish by Anya Von Bremzen

A Book of the Year in the FT, Guardian, Observer and on BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme

'I couldn't love this more' Nigella Lawson

'Enchanting, fascinating and humorous' Claudia Roden

Is there really such a thing as an authentic dish? In a mouth-watering journey stretching from Paris to Tokyo, join award-winning food writer Anya von Bremzen as she chews over the legend of Margherita pizza, indulges in the craze for high-end noodles and digs into the postcolonial paradoxes of Mexico's mole.

Full of eye-opening tales and sparkling wit, National Dish explores the politics of national pride that tie food to place, untangling the myths and misunderstandings around some of the world's most famous cuisines.

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PRAISE FOR NATIONAL DISH:

'Sparklingly intelligent' SPECTATOR

'A delightfully engaged and engaging writer' OBSERVER

'So enlightening... so much fun to read' FT

'A fast-paced, entertaining travelogue' NEW YORK TIMES

'Playful, erudite and mouthwatering' FUSCHIA DUNLOP

'A fast-paced, entertaining travelogue, peppered with compact history lessons that reveal the surprising ways dishes become iconic' - New York Times

'This voyage into culinary myth-making and identity is essential readingIts breadth of scope and scholarship is conveyed with such engaging wit. I couldn't love it more' - Nigella Lawson

'This dazzlingly intelligent examination of how foods become national symbols . . . so enlightening - as well as so much fun to read . . . Von Bremzen is a superb describer of flavours and textures - but she also understands that food is never just about food' - Bee Wilson

'For all its dry wit and vivid descriptions of puttanesca and tortillas, this is a serious book - a skilful blend of academic research and lived experience. It's a sparklingly intelligent examination of, and a meditation on, the interplay of cooking and identity' - Spectator

'A playful, erudite and mouthwatering exploration of ideas around food and identity. With the help of a diverse cast of characters and dishes, Anya von Bremzen highlights the intricacies and the contradictions of our relationship with what we eat' - Fuschia Dunlop

Anya von Bremzen is the winner of three James Beard Awards for her books and journalism. She is the author of six acclaimed cookbooks and a memoir-Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking-which won the Guild of Food Writers 2014 Food Book of the Year. She has written for Food & Wine, Travel+Leisure, Saveur, the New Yorker, and the Guardian among other publications. She was born in Russia and emigrated to the USA as a child. When not on the road, Anya divides her time between New York and Istanbul.

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ISBN 13	9781911590903
ISBN 10	1911590901
Title	National Dish
Author	Anya Von Bremzen
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pushkin Press
Year published	2024-07-18
Number of pages	352
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