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National dish : around the world in search of food, history, and the meaning of home / Anya von Bremzen.

by Von Bremzen, Anya.

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Penguin Press, 2023.

Von Bremzen, Anya. -- Travel.

Food writers -- Travel.

Food -- Social aspects -- France.

Food -- Social aspects -- Italy.

Food -- Social aspects -- Japanese.

Food -- Social aspects -- Spain.

Food -- Social aspects -- Mexico.

Food -- Social aspects -- Turkey.

Food habits -- Social aspects.

National characteristics.

National characteristics, French.

National characteristics, Italian.

National characteristics, Japanese.

National characteristics, Spanish.

National characteristics, Mexican.

National characteristics, Turkish.

9780735223165 (hc.)

340 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In this engrossing and timely journey to the crossroads of food and identity, award-winning writer Anya von Bremzen explores six of the world’s most fascinating and iconic culinary cultures: France, Italy, Japan, Spain, Mexico, and Turkey -- brilliantly weaving cuisine, history, and politics into a work of scintillating connoisseurship and charm."

"We all have an idea in our heads about what French food is -- or Italian, or Japanese, or Mexican, or ... But where did those ideas come from? Who decides what makes a national food canon? Recipient of three James Beard awards, Anya von Bremzen has written definitive cookbooks on Russian, Spanish, and Latin American cuisines, as well as her internationally acclaimed memoir Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking. Now in National Dish, she sets out to investigate the truth behind the eternal cliché -- 'we are what we eat' -- traveling to six storied food capitals, going high and low, from world-famous chefs to scholars to strangers in bars, in search of how cuisine became connected to place and identity. Paris is where the whole idea of food as national heritage was first invented, and so it is where Anya must begin. With an inquisitive eye and unmistakable wit, she ponders the codification of French food and the current tension between locavorism and globalization. From France, she’s off to Naples, to probe the myth and reality of pizza, pasta, and Italian-ness. Next up, Tokyo, where Anya and her partner Barry explore ramen, rice, and the distance between Japan’s future and its past. From there they move to Seville, to search for the community-based essence of Spain’s tapas traditions, and then Oaxaca, where debates over postcolonial cultural integration find expression in maize and mole. In Istanbul, a traditional Ottoman potluck becomes a lens on how a former multicultural empire defines its food heritage. Finally, they land back in their beloved home in Queens, for a dinner centered on Ukrainian borsch, a meal that has never felt more loaded, or more precious and poignant. A unique and magical cook’s tour of the world, National Dish brings us to a deep appreciation of how the country makes the food, and the food the country."

Anya von Bremzen is one of the most accomplished food writers of her generation: the winner of three James Beard awards; a contributing writer at AFAR magazine; and the author of six acclaimed cookbooks, among them The New Spanish Table, The Greatest Dishes: Around the World in 80 Recipes, and Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook (coauthored with John Welchman). Her memoir, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, has been translated into nineteen languages. Anya has been a contributing editor at Travel+Leisure and Food & Wine, and has written for Saveur, The New Yorker, and Foreign Policy, among other publications. Her work has been anthologized in several editions of Best Food Writing and in The Best American Travel Writing. A former concert pianist, Anya is fluent in four languages and when not on the road divides her time between New York and Istanbul.

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