- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet; Ill edition (Oct 1 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1741798868
- ISBN-13: 978-1741798869
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 12 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #451,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Imagine tucking into grasshoppers as you wander the Mercado Benito market in Oaxaca, Mexico, or chowing down on juicy witchetty grubs on your travels through Central Australia - such meals can be the perfect entree to a culture. In this book you'll find over 50 delicacies that creep, crawl, sizzle and spit, where they originated from and wher eyou can experience them. You may not salivate over blood, scorpions, chicken's knees or partially digested coffee beans, but travel long enough and you're bound to meet someone who does. Extreme Cuisine is sure to challenge your idea of what makes good eating.
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LONELY PLANET aims to cater for every independent traveller, whatever the destination, whatever the style of travel and whatever the phase of the journey.
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Don't judge a book by its cover..., Mar 23 2010
By Val @ Trippy Food "travel and food blogger" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lonely Planet Extreme Cuisine 1st Ed.: Exotic Tastes from Around the World (Paperback)
I think the cover of this book may keep the squeamish away from what amounts to a fun and educational look at food that Westerners consider bizarre, but is staple fare for folks in other parts of the world. Every page is filled with vibrant images of food we think of as inedible, producing the train crash effect - horrific, yet you just can't look away. Eddie Lin's commentary is both deliciously humorous and informative and as Bill Cosby used to say, "If you're not careful, you just might learn something." I won't spoil the fun, but on one entry he turns the tables on Western culture by providing a popular American food item that gets sideways glances from other cultures. The bottom line here is that so much of the world's cuisine is misunderstood, and if Lin does nothing else he fills the role of goodwill bizarre food ambassador. The text is brief and down to earth, and I'm confident that his take on the food described within will pique your curiosity and may even get you to step outside your comfort zone to try something new, unique and exciting. Food adventurers may tell you that you don't know what you're missing - in Extreme Cuisine, Eddie Lin schools you with humor and culinary derring-do. Forget Frommer's - this is the book to take with you on overseas trips...
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Fun and Daring!, Mar 23 2010
By Naida J. Jimenez - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lonely Planet Extreme Cuisine 1st Ed.: Exotic Tastes from Around the World (Paperback)
I might not be as daring an eater as Eddie Lin, author of Extreme Cuisine: Exotic Tastes From Around the World (General Pictorial), but I found the book very interesting. It opened my eyes to other dishes from all over the world. I discovered that some things that I might consider strange, are typical in other parts of the world. I was also amused to find some of my favorite foods, such as the prickly pear cactus, on the list. And surprisingly, I have actually tried about seven of the dishes mentioned in the book! Since Eddie also indicates the source he used for each dish, if I decide to try something new, I now know where is a good place to try. I definitely recommend this book to anyone wishing to give their palate a tasty adventure!
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