Around the World in 80 Dinners
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Join Cheryl and Bill Jamison, James Beard Award winners of The Big Book of Outdoor Cooking and Entertaining, on a gastronomic tour around the world After years of writing award-winning cookbooks, renowned culinary experts Cheryl and Bill Jamison were ready to take a break. So in the fall of 2005 they packed their bags, locked up their house in Santa Fe, and set off on a three-month-long visit to ten countries—all on frequent-flier miles.Among their stops were:BaliWhere they celebrated a second honeymoon in Ubud and encountered a rogue monkeyAustraliaWhere they found the world's best breakfast sandwich and visited family-owned wineriesThailandWhere they took a wild ride on an elephant in an enormous forest reserveIndiaWhere they found themselves in the midst of Diwali, the Festival of LightsChinaWhere they attended a banquet of local Chiu Chow cuisine that required hours of preparation by the "Emeril of Chaozhou" and forty cooksSouth AfricaWhere they went on a safari among rhinos, giraffes, and very hungry lionsBrazilWhere they soaked in the sun and Creole flavors of the coastal town of SalvadorCombining the intelligence and humor of Anthony Bourdain with the charm and insight of Frances Mayes, Around the World in 80 Dinners transforms traveling into an unforgettable odyssey.
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It is their twentieth wedding anniversary and the Jamisons decide to celebrate by taking a three-month trip around the world, stopping in places known for their excellent cuisine. The Jamisons make stops in Bali, Australia, Thailand, India, China, South Africa, and Brazil and find great food in every country.
I had to read this book very slowly so that I could think about all the foods the Jamisons ate, foods I had never heard of, foods I had to look up. Surprising there are so many foods in this world that I've never heard of, not even in fifty years.
Other than the odd foods, the other strange thing about this book was the way it was told in first person plural. It felt peculiar to hear a story told by two people in first person with off-and-on shifts into third person as one or the other of the Jamisons did something without the other member of the team. A little disconcerting.
But, all in all, a nice little trip around the world...of food.
