Ugly Food by Richard Horsey
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 tricks you need to prepare undervalued ingredients with ease. Alongside recipes, Horsey and Wharton provide social histories of foods that are positively brimming with fascinating facts, fictions and flavours. Recipes include: Ox-Cheek Salad a la Hongroise, Lao Chicken Feet Salad, Maldivian Curried Octopus, Spiced Squirrel Popcorn, Deep-fried Rabbit Ears, Sheep's Brain on Toast, and Char Siu Pigs' Cheeks.
'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 *
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 singer-songwriter and recording artist, a butcher's boy, a marquee-erector, an English teacher, and currently works as a linguist at the University of Brighton. He is an accomplished cook, and as well as his academic work, has published on food culture and recipe writing.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849046862 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849046867 |
| Title | Ugly Food |
| Author | Richard Horsey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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