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Devils Picnic

By (author) Taras Grescoe





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Watch a video trailer for The Devil's Picnic (Requires Flash Player. May take a few minutes to load.)Award-winning writer Taras Grescoe admits that he has alwaysbeen fascinated by the forbidden. Never one to deny his desires, he set out on aglobal journey, determined to track down the foods and substances that killjoygovernments have often bizarrely prohibited. The result is a spread like noother: an aperitif of hjemmebrent, a powerful Norwegian moonshine; awedge of ?poisses, a stinky French cheese that can carry a brain-swellingbacteria; a cup of restorative Bolivian cocaine tea; and a host of legendary andsought-after substances that Grescoe risks health and jail time to dig in to.Grescoe takes us with him around the world to sample damnedfood, drink and smoke, along the way serving up a unique and irreverent feast ofunsavoury characters and customs. The culmination is a deliciously decadentfull-course meal for those brave enough to lay down a blanket, open the basketand partake of the devil s picnic.""

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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 27 Feb 2006
Language |
Format | Hardback
Pages | 359
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 499g
ISBN | 978-0-0020-0780-1
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BISAC | cooking / essays


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