Book description
Tom Vernon has presented two series of Fat Man in the Kitchen on BBC2. This is a gastronomic world tour in which Veron samples the kitchens and restaurants of twelve very different countries – Australia, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Pakistan, China, Hong Kong, Japan and England – and discovers a feast of contrasting culinary traditions. He lightheartedly comments on the vagaries of national character, climate and geography that have given rise to wide ranging differences in tastes and appetite.
This selection of recipes from around the world is a various as the nations to whom they belong: ranging from the buried salmon and Lucy Cats of Sweden, to Chinese and Japanese delicacies, and even a 'beloved’s’ eyeball’ from Pakistan. – Features some full-page colored photos and black and white illustrations.
