BOOK REVIEW: The World on Your Plate by Martha Rose Shulman
We Malaysians are not adverse to devouring a plate of spicy
and piquant Korean kimchi, or maybe scoff down a fluffy naan with a plate of
tabbouleh. Being a self-titled foodie, I love exploring the cuisines of the
places I travel to and relishing its taste after touching on home ground. The
World on Your Plate is a surefire way of logging on to Air Asia to book your
next flight for a total life changing food experience.
From tapas to biltong (sundried meat), this is a book that
captures the essence of the world’s cuisines. Through its evocative narrative,
this book explores the ways in which culinary traditions and everyday eating
habits have been shaped by history, geography and culture.
It gives you a taste of the foods that define a country –
the distinctive ingredients, menu favourites, food customs and festive dishes –
and illustrates these with sumptuous colour photographs, shot on location.
It also allows you to taste specialty dishes for yourself,
as it includes a selection of recipes that create authentic flavours but use
readily available ingredients. For armchair or actual travellers alike, this is
the book that brings the world of food alive.
Patriotic Malaysians rejoice as Malaysian food is also
mouth-wateringly described in detail with photographs of street food (satay
being grilled on smoking hot coals, I can already see those drools) plus all
manner of Malaysian delicacies we cherish. Let me just take a bite of that
delicious pani puri while I read this excellent tome.
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