Desert Terroir Exploring the Unique Flavors and Sundry Places of the Borderlands

Name: Desert Terroir Exploring the Unique Flavors and Sundry Places of the Borderlands
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ISBN: 9780292725898

ISBN-10: 0292725892

ISBN-13: 9780292725898

Edition: 2012

Authors: Gary Paul Nabhan

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Why does food taste better when you know where it comes from? Because history—ecological, cultural, even personal—flavors every bite we eat. Whether it's the volatile chemical compounds that a plant absorbs from the soil or the stories and memories of places that are evoked by taste, layers of flavor await those willing to delve into the roots of real food. In this landmark book, Gary Paul Nabhan takes us on a personal trip into the southwestern borderlands to discover the terroir--the "taste of the place"--that makes this desert so delicious.To savor the terroir of the borderlands, Nabhan presents a cornucopia of local foods—Mexican oregano, mesquite-flour tortillas, grass-fed beef, the…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 3/1/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

He is a prize-winning author & naturalist, lives in Tucson, where he is director of conservation biology at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum & cofounder of Native Seeds/Search.



Acknowledgments


Prologue



The Verve in the Herb: A Culinary Natural History



Hungry for Home: Mostafa al-Azemmouri Discovers a New World of Desert Foods



Seek-No-Further: Foraging and Fishing through the Big Bend



A Flour Blooms: Esperanza and the Magical Mesquite Tortillas



From the Beeves' Lips to Paul's Fears: Grass-Fed Flavor



Van on a Mission: Capirotada Comes to Baja California



Camel Chorizo: A Missing Link



My First (and Last) Rodeo: Catching Corvina in the Sea of Cortï¿½s



A Desert Communion


Epilogue


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