Travelers’ Tales’ ‘The World is a Kitchen’

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  09.26.06 | 6:20 PM ET

imageFood, cooking and travel are, thankfully, inextricably linked. They’re also great fodder for books. Bill Buford’s Heat is among the latest to explore the subjects in a book-length memoir. Now comes The World is a Kitchen, an intriguing book from Travelers’ Tales that combines stories about learning to cook in countries around the globe with recipes and related resources. Writes Michele Anna Jordan in the preface: “Cooking has become the universal language, an international tongue that allows us to communicate, to resolve every cultural challenge, be it language, custom or belief, and even overcome personal inhibitions like shyness and insecurity. We take a bite, smile, and raise our eyes to see the same response in our companions. May I have some more, please? And you know what comes next: How did you make it? We lick each other’s fingers and ask for the recipe.” The book is the latest in a series of Travelers’ Tales titles exploring travel and food.

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