Eating Mud Crabs in Kandahar: Stories of Food During Wartime by the World's Leading Correspondents Volume 31 Hardcover - 2011
by Matt McAllester (Editor)
From the rear cover
"We read a lot, perhaps too much about 'X-treme' food and macho food adventures these days, but this anthology calls to mind a better side of the subject: by showing us how food affects us in the most improbable and resistant circumstances, it reminds us again and again of why eating is one of the great continuities of life, even in scary places with scary people and scary-seeming plates." --Adam Gopnik, author of The Table Comes First
"Compelling and powerful, these personal accounts by reporters assigned to hot spots from Haiti to Kosovo, from Rwanda to Kandahar, cut to the bone. They expose the hard truth that hunger for survival is as universal as battle, that food itself is a metaphor for war, and that eating is war by other means. This is a brilliant collection of stories that satisfies our hunger for words with the intensity of our hunger to live." --Betty Fussell, author of My Kitchen Wars and Raising Steaks
"These are powerful, intimate stories from some of the best war correspondents of our time--the kind of stories they tell each other about everyday life in some of the most difficult places on Earth. By seducing you with simple tales of food, your defenses are down, you get lost in a good tale, and then, suddenly, you realize that you are fascinated by and finally understand a part of the world that had previously just been confusing and overwhelming. With one great read after another, you will remember these scenes, these characters, for a long time." --Adam Davidson, founder and host, NPR's Planet Money
"The way to a nation's soul is through its stomach, and that is precisely the territory that these writers explore in this delightful anthology. Whether breaking bread with Palestinian militants, enduring army rations with US troops in Afghanistan or attempting to cook a turkey in Baghdad, they write with dollops of humanity, heapings of insight, and a dash of humor. Read this book but be forewarned: you'll turn the last page hungry for more." --Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss
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- Title Eating Mud Crabs in Kandahar: Stories of Food During Wartime by the World's Leading Correspondents Volume 31
- Author Matt McAllester (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1 edition
- Pages 232
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley:
- Date 2011-10
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780520268678 / 0520268679
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 6 x 1.1 in (20.57 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Military & Society
- Library of Congress subjects War correspondents, Food habits
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011017737
- Dewey Decimal Code 394.12
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- Foreword, 11/18/2011, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 10/28/2011, Page 0
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