About this title: Full of bizarre gastronomic information from far-flung reaches, stirred up with bits of anthropological and autobiographical information, this text presents a comprehensive look at the kinds of food people from around the world eat - ranging from snakes and insects to toads and dogs.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Periplus Editions (Hk)
Date Published: 1999-11
ISBN-13:9789625931548ISBN:9625931546
Description: Like New. NEW-never used. Pages are clean and binding is secure. Pictorial cover is in good shape with the exceptions of a one inch long area on the top rear edge that has been banged in, as well as half inch tear at the bottom of the spine in the back. Orders packed carefully and shipped daily with tracking # emailed to you. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Periplus Editions (Hk)
Date Published: 1999-11
ISBN-13:9789625931548ISBN:9625931546
Description: Very Good. Periplus Editions (Hk) [Published date: 1999]. Hard cover, 232 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Glossy pictorial paper over boards have light bumping to edges and corners. Light overall rubbing and scratching. Binding tight. Pages crisp clean and bright with no markings. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and tears and light creasing along edges. Light overall rubbing, soiling and scratching. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival quality Brodart cover. NOT Ex-library. NO ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Periplus Editions (Hk)
Date Published: 11/1/1999
ISBN-13:9789625931548ISBN:9625931546
Description: Very Good. 9625931546. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. It does have some shelfwear. Inside pages are clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Periplus Editions (Hk)
Date Published: 1999-11
ISBN-13:9789625931548ISBN:9625931546
Description: New. Clean, Unmarked Copy With Dust Cover, Priority Shipping recommended for prompt delivery by USPS when offered, Delivery Confirmation on all domestic items where available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Periplus Editions (Hk)
Date Published: 1999-11
ISBN-13:9789625931548ISBN:9625931546
Description: New in good jacket. New book with damaged dust jacket; 2" tear on back of DJ. We ship 6 days a week, generally within 24 hours; single CDs and DVDs upgraded to 1st class! read more
Description: Hopkins, Jerry. STRANGE FOODS: BUSH MEAT, BATS, AND BUTTERFLIES. Periplus Editions, c1999. 232pp. bibliography. Photos by Michael Freeman. 4to, New hardbound in d/w, . read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Periplus Editions, Hong Kong
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9789625931548ISBN:9625931546
Description: Freeman, Michael. As New in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Very little or no wear to the book. Dust jacket flaps are taped down; 1-3/4" tear to the front cover bottom right corner; slight yellowing to the rear cover. Text is quite clean. "The best way to understand a culture, outside of marrying into it, is to embrace fine dining, native style. [The author] has dined 'locally' around the globe. [This book] is what he found, delicacies and everyday fare-deep-fried grasshoppers and ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Decorative Laminated Boards.
Publisher: Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., [ Hong Kong ]
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9789625931548ISBN:9625931546
Description: Michael Freeman ( Photographer ). As New in As New jacket. Square 8vo. Pp: xii, 232. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs and occasional reproductions of engravings. Decorated endpapers. Bibliography. Finally....a cookbook that does not make John feel hungry and start him salivating. A selection of some of the world's strange foods ( with due apologies to the respective national tastes! ). Recipes for everything from grilled baby mice to " whale bacon". Spice things up with the cloudy ... read more
Description: Very good. Hardback. May contain minor creasing/scuffing to dust cover and mild tanning to pages. But otherwise will be of exceptional quality. FAST DISPATCH. read more
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