{"product_id":"national-dish-around-the-world-in-search-of-food-history-and-the-meaning-of-home","title":"National Dish","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and BBC's The Food Programme \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Anya von Bremzen, already a legend of food writing and a storytelling inspiration to me, has done her best work yet. \u003ci\u003eNational Dish\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for all those who believe in building longer tables where food is what bring us all together.\" --José Andrés \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you've ever contemplated the origins and iconography of classic foods, then \u003ci\u003eNational Dish\u003c\/i\u003e is the sensory-driven, historical deep dive for you . . . [an] evocative, gorgeously layered exercise in place-making and cultural exploration, nuanced and rich as any of the dishes captured within.\" --\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe 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? Anya von Bremzen has won three James Beard Awards and written several definitive cookbooks, as well as her internationally acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eMastering the Art of Soviet Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eNational Dish\u003c\/i\u003e, she investigates 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 culinary scholars to strangers in bars, in search of how cuisine became connected to place and identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA unique and magical cook's tour of the world, \u003ci\u003eNational Dish \u003c\/i\u003ebrings us to a deep appreciation of how the country makes the food, and the food the country.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661177553186,"sku":"9780735223172","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/8637\/3154\/files\/imageloader_0bc22979-93b3-43ec-b404-b98dfb8a1461.jpg?v=1779451113","url":"https:\/\/godmothers.com\/products\/national-dish-around-the-world-in-search-of-food-history-and-the-meaning-of-home","provider":"Godmothers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}