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From Apricot to Zucchini, and everything in between, here is a beautiful photographic alphabet of world food.Acclaimed photographer and founder of the World Food Cafe in London, Chris Caldicott takes us on a mouth-watering tour of the different crops, dishes and ways of eating from every continent.Find out what Moroccans eat for a healthy snack and how ice is sold in Bangladesh, visit a kitchen in in the Rajasthan desert and a market in Hanoi.With important information on conservation, fair trade and food waste, and Chris's stunning photographs, this book is a celebration of food from all around the world.
Author Notes
Chris Caldicott is a journalist and photographer. With his wife Carolyn Caldicott he owned and ran the World Food Café in London's Covent Garden. He and Carolyn are co-authors of three Frances Lincoln vegetarian cookery books and his photographs also appear in a wide range of newspapers and magazines. Since 1991 he has been an official photographer for the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in Winchester, U.K.
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Caldicott gives readers a culinary world tour in this photographic alphabet book. Noodles, the N entry, are pictured being served in a cafe in Vietnam and at a street stall in Thailand. On the opposite page, a shop attendant in Morocco is surrounded by bowls and jars of olives. K stands for kitchens, with images of a well-equipped kitchen in London and spare kitchens in a village in the Rajasthan desert. Caldicott also elaborates on the origins of foods with "J is for journeys," comparing how people in some cultures drive to the store, while others "walk every day to a well just to collect water." Though the descriptions can be somewhat bland, the photographs offer vivid pictures of the foodstuffs and culinary activities that unite people across cultures. Ages 4-7. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
A globe-spanning gallery of terrific food and food-related photographs is paired to a text that is not so terrific. Presented to promote the universality and dietary importance of fresh fruits, veggies and grains (and fish, but other meats not so much), Caldicott's sunny scenes range from bountiful displays in open-air markets to views of cooks and farmers hard at work. Some, such as an alcove bursting with fresh and jarred olives in Morocco and a dazzling bouquet of zucchini flowers in Venice qualify as out-and-out food porn. Others, such as a quartet of photos featuring one kitchen in London and three others in Rajasthan, offer intriguing insights into different methods of food storage and preparation. The accompanying commentaries, however, are threaded with bland platitudes and writing that is awkward or even nonsensical: "This man in Durban, South Africa, has so many [tomatoes] to sell that he has time to read a book between customers." Furthermore, the author wrongly claims that potatoes "cannot be eaten raw," covers the same topic in "W is for Water" and "J is for Journeys," and neglects to provide tantalized readers with leads to more detailed information about the issues, customs and practices he mentions. Caldicott is a fine photographer--a writer, not so much. (Informational picture book. 5-9)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Food and travel writer Caldicott offers an alphabetic photo-essay celebrating foodstuffs around the world. From apricot to zucchini, each topic and letter is introduced with crisp full-color photos and a brief paragraph containing pertinent facts. Most selections will be familiar to children (bananas, coconuts, dates, eggs), and some letters highlight food-related topics rather than edibles. For example, J is for Journeys details efforts involved in obtaining food and water, while K is for Kitchens provides a look at food preparation areas around the world. The photos are generally well chosen, often feature children, and mostly depict locales outside Europe and the Americas. Although no map or back matter is provided, and the tricky letters are not remarkable ( X is for Oxen ), the book does offer a revealing look at food in other cultures. A good choice for social studies units, this would pair well with Pat Mora's Yum! ¡Mmm! ¡Que Rico! (2007).--Weisman, Kay Copyright 2010 Booklist
