Inside the ‘Cuisines of the Axis of Evil’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 08.08.08 | 10:13 AM ET
Kim Jong Il gulps the blood of virgins! Benito Mussolini loved strawberry frappes! Fidel Castro says, “I drink your chocolate milkshake!” These tidbits come from Chris Fair, author of the new book Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States: A Dinner Party Approach to International Relations. Newsweek and USA Today have interviews with her.
“What a country declares to be its national food tells us how they want to be perceived,” she tells USA Today’s Jayne Clark.
Fair explains her intriguing concept and mission further in this video:
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