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Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide
by Cecily Wong, Dylan Thuras
I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
What I liked:
This book had basically everything I was expecting! There were foods I had never heard of, great photography and illustrations throughout, and enough information with every entry that if anything took my fancy more than a little it was easy enough to track down more information. I also really appreciated the sections that were about a phenomenon rather than one specific food, like certain places to find a type of restaurant, for example.
What I didn't like:
Always hard to find things I didn't like about a 5* book, but if I had to pick something it would be that I wish some of the entries that were clearly dealing with famous widely available regional foods had listed more than one restaurant in the "how to try" area. However, being pointed at a specific place as an especially good example of something never hurts either.
Overall:
If you're interested in food or food history, this is a great book. It doesn't go into depth on any one food, choosing to instead cover a vast number of dishes across the entire world. Its strength is as an introduction to what is out there, or as a great coffee table book due to the colourful pictures throughout and short entries
What I liked:
This book had basically everything I was expecting! There were foods I had never heard of, great photography and illustrations throughout, and enough information with every entry that if anything took my fancy more than a little it was easy enough to track down more information. I also really appreciated the sections that were about a phenomenon rather than one specific food, like certain places to find a type of restaurant, for example.
What I didn't like:
Always hard to find things I didn't like about a 5* book, but if I had to pick something it would be that I wish some of the entries that were clearly dealing with famous widely available regional foods had listed more than one restaurant in the "how to try" area. However, being pointed at a specific place as an especially good example of something never hurts either.
Overall:
If you're interested in food or food history, this is a great book. It doesn't go into depth on any one food, choosing to instead cover a vast number of dishes across the entire world. Its strength is as an introduction to what is out there, or as a great coffee table book due to the colourful pictures throughout and short entries