Grrrreat GIFT IDEAS!
PetPix STAR of 2008!
REBEL from Scotland PetPix PORTAL
Pawsitive FEEDBACK!
Gift CERTIFICATES?
|
The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States: A Dinner Party Approach to International Relationsby: Chris Fair  List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $16.47 You Save: $8.48 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 641.59 EAN: 9781599212869 Edition: 1st ISBN: 1599212862 Label: The Lyons Press Manufacturer: The Lyons Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: August 03, 2008 Publisher: The Lyons Press Studio: The Lyons Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A tasty serving of geopoliticsThis quirky, snarky, arresting cookbook is geared for travelers, foreign policy wags, and culinary experimentalists. All at once! Are you wondering what to serve to your Burmese dinner guest to provide a taste of the familiar? Wishing you were sitting in a Peshawari dive plowing through a plate of kebabs and rice? Chris Fair will take you on the adventure you seek. She is a marvelous cook, a seasoned traveler, and a witty guide to the flavors and foibles of distant locales. She provides ... Read More Rating: - Libraries strong in international cuisine and humor will find it an enticing pickCuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States: A Dinner Party Approach to International Relations provides a very different kind of cookbook. Author Chris Fair has dined with soldiers in Afghanistan and prostitutes in India, and even had Taliban tea in Peshawar. His cookbook specializes in recipes from the 'axis of evil' countries of the world, while his stories blend culinary insights with cultural observations and a heavy dose of humor. Any who would 'know thy enemy' must know what they ... Read More Rating:  - Fun but inaccurateThe book gets two stars for being fun, if you can get past it's politics. My biggest gripe about this book is it's ridiculous contention that the popularity of dishes such as falafel, hummus and baba ganouj has anything to do with Israel's possession of disputed land claimed by both the Palestinian Arabs and the Palestinian Jews. First of all, as noted in Claudia Roden's book, "The New Book of Middle Eastern Food," chickpea falafel is a purely and uniquely Israeli dish. Read More Rating: - A smart and evil grouse for dinner.Unique is an understatement. What other book full of carefully selected, international recipes includes a no-holds-barred "dossier of perfidy" for the 10 countries from where they originate and a bibliography richer than many doctoral theses? A cookbook with "Beer Butt Chicken" AND Zhen Qie Zi? Powerful and insightful critiques of Pakistani AND Israeli policies? In her analyst-world, the author is well known for being direct and honest; someone once called her unvarnished, but that's ... Read More Rating: - Terrific Book!Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States: A Dinner Party Approach to International Relations This book was terrific. Hilarious. Informative. A fun and interesting read! 
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
