Eating Mud Crabs in Kandahar by Edited by Matt McAllester
Brand: University of California Press
Product Description
These sometimes harrowing frequently funny and always riveting stories about food and eating under extreme conditions feature the diverse voices of journalists who have reported from dangerous conflict zones around the world. A profile of the former chef to Kim Jong Il of North Korea describes Kims exacting standards for gourmet fare which he gorges himself on while his country starves. A journalist becomes part of the inner circle of an IRA cell thanks to his drinking buddies. And a young inexperienced female journalist shares mud crab in a foxhole with an equally young Hamid Karzai. Along with tales of deprivation and repression are stories of generosity and pleasure sometimes overlapping. This memorable collection introduced and edited by Matt McAllester is seasoned by tragedy and violence spiced with humor and good will and fortified in McAllesters words with a little more humanity than we can usually slip into our newspapers and magazine stories. show more
Condition : New
Author : Edited By Matt McAllester
Weight : 338
Publisher : University Of California Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780520385757
ISBN10 : 0520385756
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20211102
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 232 Pages
Dimensions : 152 X 201 X 15