
Around the World in 80 Dinners
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 13, 2009
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- Who it’s for
- A culinary couple’s three-month journey brings ten countries into lively view, often from the table.
- Themes
- Culinary travel, Cross-cultural experiences, Travel adventure
- Genres
- Food Travel, International Cooking, Travel Writing
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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.
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Among their stops were: Bali Where they celebrated a second honeymoon in Ubud and encountered a rogue monkey Australia Where they found the world's best breakfast sandwich and visited family-owned wineries Thailand Where they took a wild ride on an elephant in an enormous forest reserve India Where they found themselves in the midst of Diwali, the Festival of Lights China Where they attended a banquet of local Chiu Chow cuisine that required hours of preparation by the "Emeril of Chaozhou" and forty cooks South Africa Where they went on a safari among rhinos, giraffes, and very hungry lions Brazil Where they soaked in the sun and Creole flavors of the coastal town of Salvador Combining 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.
Meals Along the Way
A culinary couple’s three-month journey brings ten countries into lively view, often from the table.
Come here for
- Meals as a way into places from Bali to Brazil
- Food-minded travel with room for the occasional rogue monkey
Expect
- Personal travel writing about ten countries and memorable meals
- A mix of culinary curiosity and travel anecdotes
Where it sits
| Food Travel | 80% |
|---|---|
| Travel Writing | 41% |
| International Cooking | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Food World Lives
- Hosting & Entertaining
- Food Writing & Memoir
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- International Cooking
- Appliance Cooking
- Slow Cooking
- Travel Writing
- Authors
- Bill Jamison, Cheryl Alters Jamison
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 13, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Culinary travel · Cross-cultural experiences · Travel adventure
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs