1001 Foods

1001 Foods

The Greatest Gastronomic Sensations on Earth

By Terry Durack

ISBN13: 9781862057852

RRP $39.99

Synopsis

This compendium of delicious foods offers a new standard of required reading for gastronomes in pursuit of their next great taste experience.  1001 Foods The Greatest Gastronomic Sensations on Earth is a handbook of excuisite dishes, rare ingredients, sumptuous feasts, authentic home cooking, and the finest recipes that world cuisine has to offer.  In short, this is a list of the most sensational flavours to be experienced in a lifetime.

Take a food lovers' tour of the street foods of Indonesia, the fish soups of France, the Asian spice trail, and the hundreds of other exotic and tasty destinations.

Description of each food provide fascinating details about provenance and history, tips on buying ingrediants, and advice on the very best preparations.

Hundreds of original colour photographs will whet appetites for foods as simply perfect as a pomegranate and as complex and rich as Eight-Treasure Duck.

Featuring recipes by some of the best-known and trusted cooks anywhere, 1001 Foods The Greatest Gastronomic Sensations and Earth brings perspectives as varied as Nigella Lawson's and Heston Blumenthal's to the table.

Home cooks will learn about new foods by cooking from more than 250 expert blueprints for delectable results.

Featuring recipes from the following contributors:

About the Author

Terry Durack is the most read, respected and occasionally reviled food writer in Australia, where he is the restaurant reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald.  He holds a similarly powerful position in the UK where, as a regular columnist for Independent on Sunday, he heaps praise and scorn on various British restuarants and food purveyors.

With his profound knowledge of food, and wit as sharp as a mandoline, his writing is always delivious.

Terry Durrack's previous books include: Hot Food, Cool Jazz, Yum: A Voyage Around My Stomach, Noodle and Hunger.

Customer Reviews:

If you have ever wondered about the historical origin or cultural significance of a well-known dish, then 1001 Foods: The Greatest Gastronomic
Sensations on Earth is the cook book for you. Packed full of fascinating facts, this is a cook book with a difference and guaranteed to become the
centre of conversation at your next dinner party.

The easy to follow recipes will empower you to wow your family and discerning guests
when you take them on a gastronomic journey meal after meal. Begin by recreating your favourites true to their traditional form and then move on to
experimenting with the more adventurous flavours from distant and exotic lands and diverse cultures.

Packed full of vibrant, appetizing
photographs, 1001 Foods: The Greatest Gastronomic Sensations on Earth is simply divine.