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From an editor of the #1 bestselling The Good Food Guide, award-winning writer Drew Smith's Oyster: A Gastronomic History offers readers 50 delicious recipes plus a global view of the oyster, tracing its role in cooking, art, literature, and politics from the dawn of time to the present day.

Oysters have inspired chefs, painters, and writers alike, have sustained communities financially and ecologically, and have loomed large in legend and history.

Using the oyster as the central theme, Smith has organized the book around time periods and geographical locations, looking at the oyster's influence through colorful anecdotes, eye-opening scientific facts, and a wide array of visuals.

The book also includes 50 recipes-traditional country dishes and contemporary examples from some of the best restaurants in the world. "A brilliant crusade for the oyster that shows how food has shaped our history, art, literature, lawmaking, culture, and, of course, lovemaking and cuisine." -renowned French chef Raymond Blanc

"Drew Smith's Oyster satisfies on so many levels. It is rich in history, lore, recipes, fascinating images-in short, a delicious book from start to finish." -Sandy Ingber, Grand Central Oyster Bar

Includes color and black-and-white illustrations

From an editor of the #1 bestselling The Good Food Guide, award-winning writer Drew Smith's Oyster: A Gastronomic History offers readers 50 delicious recipes plus a global view of the oyster, tracing its role in cooking, art, literature, and politics from the dawn of time to the present day.

Oysters have inspired chefs, painters, and writers alike, have sustained communities financially and ecologically, and have loomed large in legend and history.

Using the oyster as the central theme, Smith has organized the book around time periods and geographical locations, looking at the oyster's influence through colorful anecdotes, eye-opening scientific facts, and a wide array of visuals.

The book also includes 50 recipes-traditional country dishes and contemporary examples from some of the best restaurants in the world. "A brilliant crusade for the oyster that shows how food has shaped our history, art, literature, lawmaking, culture, and, of course, lovemaking and cuisine." -renowned French chef Raymond Blanc

"Drew Smith's Oyster satisfies on so many levels. It is rich in history, lore, recipes, fascinating images-in short, a delicious book from start to finish." -Sandy Ingber, Grand Central Oyster Bar

Includes color and black-and-white illustrations

Über den Autor
Drew Smith is former editor of The Good Food Guide, a #1 bestseller. He has been a restaurant writer for the Guardian newspaper and has won the Glenfiddich award, which recognizes outstanding food and drink writing, three times.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe, Kochen & Backen
Rubrik: Essen & Trinken
Thema: Themenkochbücher
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781419719226
ISBN-10: 141971922X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Smith, Drew
Hersteller: Abrams & Chronicle Books
Abrams Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 100 colour and black-and-white illustrations
Maße: 228 x 172 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Drew Smith
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.06.2016
Gewicht: 0,805 kg
Artikel-ID: 120819931

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