Extreme Cuisine: The Weird & Wonderful Foods That People Eat

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Summary: Great Fun... with a Pinch of Salt
Review: I'm enjoying this book, but some of it must be taken with a pinch of salt :-)

Some of the information is intended to gross the reader out, but I am sure it is all fact-checked nevertheless.

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Summary: Extraordinary Taste and Flavor
Review: Jerry Hopkins has raised the bar in food scholarship - Extreme Cuisine is an extremely entertaining read and a primary source for anyone interested in how (with recipes) and what other (often rural) world cultures eat. A most worthy successor to Unmentionable Cuisine. Great color photography inserts. Hopkins provides scholarly detail about some subjects some pet-lovers might find less tasty (eating dogs, cats, horse, monkeys, etc), some which are most assuredly unknown by most (eating rooster combs, wattles & testicles) and has a good sense of humor by including dumpster diving and eating roadkill. As Anthony Bourain learned, Hopkins is the perfect guide, the "Old Hand" to the other (than American style packaged foods) food worlds. A must buy for any serious culinary library.