{"product_id":"9781911590910","title":"National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History and the Meaning of Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eTravelling from Paris to Tokyo, from Seville, Oaxaca and Naples to Istanbul, she investigates the rapid decline of France's pot-au-feu, the misconstrued beginnings of pizza, the meeting of indigenous and European lineages in mole, and the complex legacy of multi-culturalism in a meze potluck.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \"Never have we been more cosmopolitan about what we eat - and yet more essentialist, locavore, and particularist.\" With a witty mix of anecdote and research, Anya von Bremzen reassess the fascinating role that food can play in our cultural heritage, and uncovers how as a nation's political and social identity are called into question, so too is its palate.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'A fast-paced, entertaining travelogue, peppered with compact history lessons that reveal the surprising ways dishes become iconic' -New York Times\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e 'This dazzlingly intelligent examination of how foods become national symbols . . . so enlightening - as well as so much fun to read . . . Von Bremzen is a superb describer of flavours and textures - but she also understands that food is never just about food' -Bee Wilson in Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sai Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46922032185636,"sku":"9781911590910","price":799.2,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/3661\/8788\/files\/81L-7z1hYaL.jpg?v=1694064684","url":"https:\/\/bookstation.in\/products\/9781911590910","provider":"BookStation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}