A review by jrae_miller
National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home by Anya von Bremzen

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

I really struggled through this one. I found the author's tone and attitude frustrating, I wished there were more translations of the non-English phrases, and I didn't feel that she effectively built toward her final conclusion: that food doesn't necessarily *have* borders or *belong* to any one group of people. The last part of the last chapter and the epilogue redeemed it slightly, but I probably won't recommend it.