A review by poenaestante
National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home by Anya von Bremzen

informative medium-paced

3.5

There is a lot of interesting information in here, but something is off. I can't put my finger on it exactly, but it's almost like the author wrote this book for herself, like personal memoirs and less for an audience. A lot kf things just go unexplained, she makes up weird acronyms qnd nickname  for things.  This book is like watching someone eat a delicious meal and waiting to be offered a taste. It feels almost...rude? I dunno. It definitely feels highly narcissistic and self-aggrandizing. I guess travel writing requires you to like the traveler and I, sadly, just don't like Anya von Bremzen.

I will note for posterity that I skipped the Spain and Turkey chapters because I just am not terribly interested in those foods.