Salt, Pepper, Season, Spice: All the Flavors of the World - Couverture rigide

Pasquet, Jacques

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1459839986 ISBN 13 : 9781459839984

Editeur : Orca Book Publishers, 2024

Synopsis

The stories of the flavors we love are steeped in history, mythology and cultures from around the world.

Did you know that salt has been around for almost 5,000 years or that pepper was once called black gold? Have you heard that two billion cups of coffee are consumed every day and that tea was first discovered by Chinese emperor Shennong in 2737 BCE?

In Salt, Pepper, Season, Spice, discover where our favorite spices, condiments and confections come from and how they're grown, harvested and prepared. Find out how they're used to enhance and create flavors in the foods we know and love today. A tasty read guaranteed to get your mouth watering!

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Claire Anghinolfi is a Franco-Swiss and Canadian illustrator. Her illustrations for youth, mainly done in gouache and pencil on paper, combine full shapes and meticulous details inspired by the ancient arts she cherishes. She lives in Quebec.

Ann Marie Boulanger is a certified translator and owner of Traduction Proteus Inc. When she's not translating commercial texts, she's an accomplished translator of adult and children's literature. Her translation The Woman in Valencia, by Annie Perreault, was named a World Literature Today Notable Translation of 2021. She's also a part-time lecturer at McGill University and co-founder of LION Translation Academy, which offers business, tech and language training workshops for translators.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Orca Book Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1459839986
• ISBN 13: 9781459839984
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Anghinolfi Claire
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible