Take a cultural, gastronomical tour "around the world in search of food, history, and the meaning of home" with James Beard award- winner and food editor Anya von Bremzen. This beautiful, memoirstyle guidebook challenges the meaning of cultural foods in the everexpanding world of globalization. For example: Are Asian-inspired foods now intrinsic to the French palate, and are they more Asian or more French? Beginning in Paris, then traveling through Naples, Tokyo, Seville, Oaxaca, and Istanbul, von Bremzen examines the history and influence of food in each region, highlighting in fascinating detail the flavors that unite us. (RR)