How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks by Witold Szabłowski

How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks

Witold Szabłowski with Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history travel challenging emotional informative medium-paced
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"Amazing stories . . . Intimate portraits of how these five ruthless leaders] were at home and at the table." --Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR's Weekend Edition SundayAnthony Bourdain meets Kapuściński in this chilling look from within the kitchen at th...

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informative 95%
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dark 31%
adventurous 15%
challenging 15%
funny 15%
emotional 11%
sad 11%
tense 11%
inspiring 6%
lighthearted 2%
mysterious 2%

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slow 6%

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