Taste, Nostalgia: Childhood Nostalgia, Aphrodisia, Gastro-Ethnicity, Virtual Gourmandise

by Allen S. Weiss

Literary Nonfiction. From the margins of gastronomy to the depths of taste, a compendium of culinary delights and anguish. Rare recipes, lost histories, perfect dishes, childhood nostalgias, improbable ecstasies. This volume offers a miscellany of articles and illustrations in celebration of food and the social relations fostered by dining. These texts mix genres, reveal secrets, resolve mysteries, communicate passions--precisely what is needed to consider the complex cultural associations between cuisine and the other arts.

220 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1997