Eating the Alphabet

Hundreds of surprising and astonishing facts about food are revealed in this unusual A to Z

From A to Z, Eating the Alphabet is a wonderful dictionary of the essential and the ridiculous relating to all things food and drink. People and inventions, recipes and their origins, vegetables and fine wines; all are served up and dissected to reveal the curiosities that we swallow up every day. Enteries include "A" for Artusi and the case of minestroni and cholera, "M" for Marilyn Monroe and her artichoke crown, "Q" for Quiche and how an Italian ambassador mispronounced it to barmaids, and "S" for (Granny) Smith and her unintended orchard.

Sute de fapte surprinzatoare si uimitoare despre mancare sunt dezvaluite in acest neobisnuit de la A la Z De la A la Z, Mancarea alfabetului este un dictionar minunat al esentialului si ridicolului referitor la toate lucrurile care servesc mancare si bautura. Oameni si inventii, retete si originile lor, legume si vinuri fine; toate sunt servite si disecate pentru a dezvalui curiozitatile pe care le inghitim in fiecare zi.