This handsome mega-book weighs far more than most of us will eat today, and, alas, it fell open to an entry titled "French Fries in Ghent." ( No!) Those of you who know me and this blog well understand that we speak of Belgian Fries, particularly if zeroing in on a Belgian city.
Anyway--It's Food Journeys of a Lifetime--500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the World, created by National Geographic. Over 300 pages, it's filled with the rich photography the National Geographic is known for. It's also one giant cliche---paella in Spain, baguettes in France, feijoada in Rio. Anyone who has traveled has eaten these things. Sake in Japan, wine in Sonoma.........you get the picture.
Even though it lists websites, recipes, and suggests places and concepts of interest to the alert traveler, it is decidedly a book for those who have not yet begun to travel, or those who want to contemplate travels completed. But, to give it credit, it has taken on the entire world of eating, an absurdly gargantuan task.
The most interesting sections are the book's top 10's--and in one of them, our own country's top edible, apparently, is the hamburger.
(Crayfish are big in Finland, as this photo attests. )
Amazing crayfish! Only the look on them costs to come to Finland:) I would like to buy such book for me. I like gourmet and traditional food and I like to travel. Next month I'll be in the tour in US with my wife. We will start in NY, good place to start the book:) Where can I buy it?
Posted by: New York Hotel | January 11, 2010 at 11:44 AM