Garlic, an Edible Biography: The History, Politics, and Mythology behind the World?s Most Pungent Food?with over 100 Recipes

ISBN: 1611801605

Author: Cherry, Robin

Condition: New

Featuring over 100 delicious, garlic-laden recipes, this culinary biography offers a tour through the colorful history of one of the worlds most timeless ingredientsGarlic is the Lord Byron of produce, a lusty rogue that charms and seduces you but runs off before dawn, leaving a bad taste in your mouth. Called everything from rustic cure-all to Russian penicillin, Bronx vanilla and Italian perfume, garlic has been loved, worshipped, and despised throughout history. No writer has quite captured the epic, roving story of garlic-until now.While this book does not claim that garlic saved civilization (though it might cure whatever ails you), it does take us on a grand tour of its fascinating role in history, medicine, literature, and art; its controversial role in bigotry, mythology, and superstition; and its indispensable contribution to the great cuisines of the world. And just to make sure your appetite isnt slighted, Garlic offers over 100 recipes featuring the beloved ingredient.