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Offbeat Food

Alan Ridenour

2000239 pagesabout 4–5 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000Santa Monica Press · 239 pages · ENGISBN 9781891661099
  • 2000Diane Pub Co · 239 pages · ENGISBN 9780756775834

Offbeat Food: Adventures in an Omnivorous World explores the unusual, unexpected, and extraordinary aspects of food and food culture. This unique book will provide hours of robust entertainment for even the finickiest gourmet. Everything from food Americana-style to the mysterious durian fruit to the appearance of food in the arts and popular culture to the oddities and delights of the international palette is covered in this "foodie" smorgasbord. Alan Ridenour's postmodern foodlore primer is guaranteed to start-and end-countless dinner table conversations and arguments. -- Amazon.com.

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