{"product_id":"national-dish-paperback","title":"National Dish (Paperback)","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"Von Bremzen, Anya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337230381330,"sku":"9780735223172","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/20932013482449.jpg?v=1780436827","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/national-dish-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}