Lobster: A Global History

by Elisabeth Townsend

Other than that it tastes delicious with butter, what do you know about the knobbily-armoured, scarlet creature staring back at you from your fancy dinner plate? Food writer Elisabeth Townsend here charts the global rise of the lobster as delicacy.

Part of the Edible Series, Lobster: A Global History explores the use and consumption of the lobster from poor man's staple to cultural icon. From coastal fishing in the Middle Ages to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861897944
• ISBN13: 9781861897947
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.1"