Offbeat Food Adventures in an Omnivorous World

If you're wild about food, you'll love this culinary adventure. Alan Ridenour takes us through history & around the world discovering delicious tidbits that surprise & tantalize. He offers a fun, informative, & very personal tribute to the history, comfort, & love we relate to food. His unique style sheds light on the historical, popular, & visceral slices of our most popular & least popular eating traditions. Ridenour's book was featured on NPR with Scott Simon. The author serves up an intriguing assortment of foods that are little known or rarely consumed in America as well as familiar ones whose origins have long been forgotten.Ó It includes a wealth of historical & amusing illustrations.Ridenour, Alan is the author of 'Offbeat Food Adventures in an Omnivorous World', published 2000 under ISBN 9780756775834 and ISBN 0756775833.