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Books : Ant Egg Soup: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laos
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Ant Egg Soup: The Adventures of a Food Tourist in Laos by: Natacha Du Pont De Bie |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 915 EAN: 9780340825686 ISBN: 0340825685 Label: Sceptre Manufacturer: Sceptre Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 342 Publication Date: February 28, 2005 Publisher: Sceptre Studio: Sceptre Sales Rank: 260774 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Food tourism in the Lao PDRTravel books and cookery books are not my normal fare. But on this occasion, following a terrifically good holiday to Laos I was lent a copy of Ant Egg Soup - an account of a food tourist's visit to the Lao PDR. Essentially, Ant Egg Soup is an exercise in journalism rather than literature. The theme is reportage, even if there is a leitmotif of food and recipes through the text. And that is fine, Laos is an interesting country about which the world knows little. Natasha du Pont de Bie's food orientated travel broke down barriers with the Lao people, allowing her to gain very personal perspectives on the nation's troubled history. This comes into particular focus in the Plain of Jars chapter, where Natasha du Pont de Bie meets the ... Read More: Rating:  - Go buy this book!This book took me right back to Laos! The atmosphere and the food are perfectly captured in this brilliant read! Rating: - Ant egg Soup - Adventures of a food tourist in LaosThis is the most delightful, charming, engaging and seductive description of Laos, its food and culture. Natacha du Pont de Bie has a lovely style and her decriptions are wonderfully entertaining and evocative leaving you with the feeling that you want to pack up and go there immediately!Long live food tourists! Rating: - Heartwarming, funny, fascinating.I had a wonderful time in Laos a few years ago so I was so pleased to finally see a book which celebrates its delicious cuisine, but which also celebrates the country and its people, and really manages to captures the spirit of the place. The food is the raison d'etre for Natacha's trip but on the way she has some great adventures and meets a whole cast of beautifully drawn characters, and delves into the country's troubled history too. The lengths this woman will go to for a new culinary experience! Ants' eggs, silkworm grubs, fermented fish sauce - just some of the delicacies she tucks into with relish. A 'must-read' for anyone considering going to Laos or who has been and loved it, but also recommended for anyone who loves a really good travellers' ... Read More: |
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