環遊世界80碟菜

by Lesley Blanch, 廖婉如 (Translator)

懂得旅行醍醐味的人，也一定懂得吃的藝術！
引領英國料理革命的伊麗莎白‧大衛也驚豔的飲食 x 旅遊文學
讓我們走遍全世界，進行一場屬於「吃貨」的壯旅。

曾周遊世界，奮不顧身找尋真愛的傳奇女作家布蘭琪，
不管是為了工作、認識新廚子、或想念起司蛋糕而飛奔紐約，
她要大家卸下卡路里的束縛，用料理環遊世界每個角落。

環遊世界的壯旅，你需要事前了解的是....
★ 醬汁是廚房旅行的登機證
★ 市場就是你的全世界
★ 全世界的人都需要檸檬
★ 不能懶惰，這種人既不能旅遊、也沒辦法登上美味的巔峰
★ 旅行是一種文化衝擊，做菜則是一種文化融合

Genres: Travel, Cookbooks, Cooking

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 1992

About the author

A scholarly romantic, Lesley Blanch influenced and inspired generations of writers, readers and critics. Her first book, The Wilder Shores of Love — the stories of four ninteenth-century women who followed the beckoning Eastern star — pioneered a new kind of group biography focusing on women escaping the boredom of convention. An instant classic, it has remained in print in English since first publication in 1954. Lesley Blanch was ahead of her time and prescient in the way she attempted to bridge West and East.

Savvy, self-possessed and talented, Blanch did what she wanted and earned a good living at a time when women were expected to stay at home and be subservient to the needs of husband and children. She was glamorous and stylish and, in her own unique way, distinctly powerful.

She knew something of the Middle East as it once was, before conflict and turmoil became the essence of relations between the Arab World and the West. The places she travelled to and which obsessed her are still newsworthy today: Russia, The Balkans, The Middle East, Turkey, Afghanistan.

Reviews

[Lorna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun little book that I wouldn't have picked up but it was left behind in an isolated cottage in the Lake District where I spent a very rainy week.
It was written by the artist wife of a French ambassador and so she had the unusual experience of travelling the world immediately after WW2 .
We are much more familiar with the dishes she describes these days. For example she has a recipe for the green pyramid from a dish she calls "Three Pyramid Salad" which turns out to be guacamole. I can picture the three huge pyramids on the hotel table - exactly what one would serve at an ambassadors' reception. She describes it as a great way to use up soft avocados - ripe avocados were obviously not the thing in post-war Britain.
Charmingly illustrated by the author, it is a bit of a period piece but it turned out to be a compelling read.

[Jarita · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was written from a British post-World War II viewpoint. The descriptions were colorful and interesting, and the stories she related between different dishes were an intriguing window into a time long past. The book seemed to focus rather heavily on European dishes, without doing real justice to dishes from further afield. As someone who has lived in Asia, her descriptions especially of those foods seemed to be wanting.

Overall, the book was a fun, quick read. There are some intriguing recipes that I'd like to try sometime, and it made me wonder how "Round the World in 80 Dishes" would look if I was the author.

[Ale Teleleu · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very delightful little book to read if interested/passionate about cooking, as it unveils a great number of recipes accompanied by little stories from all over the world.

[Magpie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lisa 2013