{"product_id":"national-dish","title":"Anya von Bremzen: National Dish [2023]","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fast-paced, entertaining travelogue, peppered with compact history lessons that reveal the surprising ways dishes become iconic' -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This dazzlingly intelligent examination of how foods become national symbols . . . so enlightening - as well as so much fun to read . . . Von Bremzen is a superb describer of flavours and textures - but she also understands that food is never just about food' -Bee Wilson in \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bremzen Anya Von","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46723257663827,"sku":"9781911590910","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/bremzen-anya-von-national-dish-9781911590910-51080934195539.jpg?v=1686684035","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/national-dish","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}