Taste, Nostalgia: Childhood Nostalgia, Aphrodisia, Gastro-Ethnicity, Virtual Gourmandise

By Allen S. Weiss

Literary Nonfiction. From the margins of gastronomy to the depths of taste, a compendium of culinary delights and anguish. Rare recipes, lost histories, perfect dishes, childhood nostalgias, improbable ecstasies. This volume offers a miscellany of articles and illustrations in celebration of food and the social relations fostered by dining. These texts mix genres, reveal secrets, resolve mysteries, communicate passions--precisely what is needed to consider the complex cultural associations between cuisine and the other arts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570270805
• ISBN13: 9781570270802
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Lusitania Press/Autonomedia
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.1" x 9.4"