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Taste: The Infographic Book of Food
Food sustains life. Since the beginning of time, it has underpinned our existence. Every day, in every country around the world, it continues to do so. While once food comprised the humble gatherings of hunters in caves, today it has been elevated to an obsession, loathed and adored, craved and crammed in equal measure. Some people eat to live, others live to eat. In an age where we consume up to 285 pieces of content just via social media on a daily basis, information needs to be easily accessible, quick to the point and captivating. This is the age of the infographic, where statistics, facts and knowledge are made easily available and understandable. Taste will explore the complex, colourful and at times controversial world of food, through a collection of thought-provoking, stimulating and beautifully-crafted infographics. Accessible and authoritative, it will cover everything you need to know about food – from its origins to its consumption, weird and wonderful traditions, mealtimes and trends – as well as startling, challenging and unusual facts. Our content will have authority and wit, chart history and predict trends, and will be complemented by beautiful naturally styled imagery and fact-packed illustrations. From Christmas lunch to curry, pizza to Pavlova, and bagels to burgers, Taste will inform and inspire. Our readers will be information hungry but time poor. They want to eat good food, they want to know good food, but they want it quickly and they want it now. They want to feel travelled without leaving home. It took love, care and attention to create but will ultimately be consumed in a matter of minutes by an eager foodie. Food is the one global language that always translates.
224 pages, Paperback
First published October 29, 2015
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February 17, 2016
2.5
This is a beautiful looking book but I'n not sure what the point of it is. Or indeed what audience it is seeking?
The illustrations are very child like. In fact the whole layout is child like, and yet you wouldn't be telling a child to get a very sharp knife and fillet a fish!
And yet it is far too basic (and frequently patronising) for an adult cook or food lover.
I certainly have no desire to 'make my fishy dishy go further' or read about the 'big banger sausage theory'. Why the baby talk?
A shame as the idea behind the book somehow has such promise.
This is a beautiful looking book but I'n not sure what the point of it is. Or indeed what audience it is seeking?
The illustrations are very child like. In fact the whole layout is child like, and yet you wouldn't be telling a child to get a very sharp knife and fillet a fish!
And yet it is far too basic (and frequently patronising) for an adult cook or food lover.
I certainly have no desire to 'make my fishy dishy go further' or read about the 'big banger sausage theory'. Why the baby talk?
A shame as the idea behind the book somehow has such promise.
January 4, 2021
Me ha gustado mucho. Si es verdad que las ilustraciones dominan el libro, pero los datos sobre los alimentos son muy interesantes si no eres un erudito del arte culinario: cómo combinar y conservar los alimentos más básicos es algo que yo por desgracia no aprendí en casa, y sin duda este libro me ha educado en ese campo.
January 18, 2016
Fun book if you like to learn about food, recipes, alcohol, etc. Written by British authors, so this is often apparent (metric system, names for foods--did you know the British call zucchinis "courgettes?" Cool book.
May 26, 2017
This is a tricky book to rate for me*. I love visual representations of things but I don't like infographics for the sake drawing a cute picture (as so many infographics on the internet seem to be.
This book has a mixture of interesting diagrams with pathways and connections and completely pointless pictures.
The egg organisational chart, for instance, was neat. At a glance, you could see examples of things made from 1) only the yolk 2) only the white 3) Boiled 4) Cracked & whisked 5) cracked & cooked (and for each of those groups, the author gave examples of additions of ingredients/change of cooking method.
The picture of ice-cream scoops with flavours was more suitable for a children's book.
I guess I'm not the target market. Though it's unclear who the book is aimed at...Lovers of infographics? People who like cute pictures of charts that are not labelled and make little sense without proper references and context. But then those people will probably dislike reading closely-formatted text in a small font that the book also has on a number of its pages).
*I suppose I've given it three stars because people who like colourful pictures with random bits of trivia would probably love the book (and I got what I wanted from a few pages). It's disappointing for me because the pages I liked showed that the book has so much promise but I suspect I'm in the minority.
This book has a mixture of interesting diagrams with pathways and connections and completely pointless pictures.
The egg organisational chart, for instance, was neat. At a glance, you could see examples of things made from 1) only the yolk 2) only the white 3) Boiled 4) Cracked & whisked 5) cracked & cooked (and for each of those groups, the author gave examples of additions of ingredients/change of cooking method.
The picture of ice-cream scoops with flavours was more suitable for a children's book.
I guess I'm not the target market. Though it's unclear who the book is aimed at...Lovers of infographics? People who like cute pictures of charts that are not labelled and make little sense without proper references and context. But then those people will probably dislike reading closely-formatted text in a small font that the book also has on a number of its pages).
*I suppose I've given it three stars because people who like colourful pictures with random bits of trivia would probably love the book (and I got what I wanted from a few pages). It's disappointing for me because the pages I liked showed that the book has so much promise but I suspect I'm in the minority.
November 16, 2017
A cool way to look at the food world!
December 27, 2017
Very beautiful and insightful
December 2, 2021
Full of fun facts! Some graphics weren’t as well-rounded as others which is why it wasn’t a full 5 stars. A great book to flip through.
December 21, 2024
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March 1, 2017
Loved it! Will definitely stay on my kitchen shelf, where I'll be sure to use it frequently, when pairing different meals and drinks. Very, very useful and educating. Even if you know all of the stuff already, the infographics are so lovely it's a pleasure just having this book to look at them every now and then.
December 30, 2015
This is such a pretty book--it would be a great gift for a food lover in your life. The concept is different facts about food and cooking, delivered via gorgeous, drool-worthy illustrations, in infographics. It's the kind of book you pick up and read idly for 15 minutes or so, but also the kind of book that's fun to get lost reading. It's British, so there are some things that don't translate in the sense that we don't have the same ingredients, or the few odd recipes in the book are written in the metric system. But a fun one.
January 16, 2016
I love infographics. And this book is essentially a bunch of infographics on food: from tomatoes, sausages, rice to ice cream, wine and ends with great seasonal chart, knives and tastes.
It is beautiful, more of a random opening and reading type of book. There are some recipes and flavour wheels, build your own salad and pizza type of thing too. My favourite are infographics on cheese types, beer, chocolate and bread.
It is beautiful, more of a random opening and reading type of book. There are some recipes and flavour wheels, build your own salad and pizza type of thing too. My favourite are infographics on cheese types, beer, chocolate and bread.
April 1, 2017
Definitely an all in one reference book with delightful illustrations; a visual feast.
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