Food: The Vital Stuff - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140141138 ISBN 13 : 9780140141139

Editeur : Granta Books, 2008

Synopsis

An aphorism: you are what you eat. A second aphorism: the discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star. A third aphorism: dessert without cheese is like a pretty woman with only one eye. The French philosopher-gourmet Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote all three almost two centuries ago. Like most aphorisms they have the cracked ring of the nearly true. Brillat-Savarin was on surer ground - ground as hard as ungrated Parmesan - when he wrote: The world is nothing without life, and all that lives takes nourishment. So: you are what you eat, and if you don't eat, you aren't. This issue of Granta examines the vital stuff. Food as indulgence, certainly (gastro-pornography - blinis with caviar, roast puffin), but also food as a taboo, a cruelty, a repulsion, a desperate need, a failed sex aid, and a way of earning your living.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140141138
• ISBN 13: 9780140141139
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Éditeur: Jack Ian
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible