NATIONAL DISH: AROUND THE WORLD IN SEARCH OF FOOD (HB)

Acclaimed food writer Anya von Bremzen sets out to investigate the truth of the saying ‘we are what we eat’. Visiting locations such as Paris, Tokyo, Seville, Oaxaca, Naples and Istanbul, she investigates the rapid decline of France's pot-au-feu, the misconstrued origins of pizza, the meeting of indigenous and European lineages in mole sauce, and the complex legacy of multi-culturalism in a meze potluck. With a mixture of anecdote and research, the book reassesses the fascinating role that food plays in our cultural inheritance.