National Dish : Around the World in Search of Food, History and the Meaning of Home – Anya von Bremzen (Hardcover)

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Travelling from Paris to Tokyo, from Seville, Oaxaca and Naples to Istanbul, she investigates the rapid decline of France’s pot-au-feu, the misconstrued beginnings of pizza, the meeting of indigenous and European lineages in mole, and the complex legacy of multi-culturalism in a meze potluck.

“Never have we been more cosmopolitan about what we eat – and yet more essentialist, locavore, and particularist.” With a witty mix of anecdote and research, Anya von Bremzen reassess the fascinating role that food can play in our cultural heritage, and uncovers how as a nation’s political and social identity are called into question, so too is its palate.