Ricelands by Michael Freeman
Featuring 150 mouth-watering photographs, Ricelands explores the origins and defining characteristics of the cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia and the Philippines, and considers how the informal nature of South-east Asian eating fits into the rhythms of modern-day living.
Food and foreign places are constant companions, for obvious reasonsThe combination is gloriously exemplified in ... Ricelands by the photographer Michael Freeman. He explains the food of south-east Asia in words and pictures that have never been bettered... The Guardian Freeman has produced a wonderfully intrepid, quirky Southeast Asian pictorial overview based on many years' traveling, shooting, eating, and above all, thinking. Reliving multiple journeys to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, he asks us to care deeply about lands not just sustained by rice but literally sculpted by it. He writes at fascinating length about things that get jettisoned from most cookbooks - the sheer demands of this crop, the rural poverty of "ricelands," the historical logic behind the brilliant "vocabulary of taste" (aromatic spices, multitudinous herbs, pungent fermented fish products, galvanizing chiles) with which Southeast Asian cuisines surround the basic foodstuff. Los Angeles Times With chapters devoted to spices, vegetables and noodles and a historical resume of how Asian food travelled east to Europe and the wider world, this book will interest plantsmen, cooks and social historians in equal measure. It would be a pity to dismiss Ricelands as merely a coffee table glossy. It's a thundering good read. Asian Affairs an exquisite volume from the award-winning photographer ... a well-written and well-researched book. Michael has a very light and very readable style and his love of food is evident.
Michael Freeman is an award-winning photographer and author and a specialist in South-east Asia. A Thai speaker, he has an intimate knowledge of the region, having reported on it for more than 25 years while following his private passion for food. His many acclaimed books include Spirit of Asia (2000), Palaces of the Gods: Khmer Art & Architecture in Thailand (2001), Angkor/Icon (2003), Cambodia (Reaktion, 2004), Lanna: Thailand's Northern Kingdom (2001), and several on Angkor. He has photographed food books for and with Madhur Jaffrey, Alan Yau and Vatcharin Bhumichitr.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861893789 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861893787 |
| Title | Ricelands |
| Author | Michael Freeman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 2008-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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