Everything but the Squeal Eating the Whole Hog in Northern Spain

Name: Everything but the Squeal Eating the Whole Hog in Northern Spain
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ISBN: 9780374150105

ISBN-10: 0374150109

ISBN-13: 9780374150105

Edition: 2008

Authors: John Barlow

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John Barlow, self-confessed glutton, found himself in a tricky situation: living in one of the most meat-loving places on earth, married to a vegetarian. The Barlows live in Galicia, the misty-green northwest corner of Spain, and home to a population that reveres and consumes every part of the pig. This gets Barlow thinking about the nature of our relationship with food-what7;s delicious, what7;s nasty, and what sort of obligation we have to the animals we eat. Over the course of one glorious, bilious year, Barlow vows to eat everything but the squeal. In his travels, Barlow takes part in the thousand-year-old antthrowing festival of Laza. He makes pig-bladder puddings for carnival. He…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 10/28/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Everything but the Squeal


Why Pig?


Exaltation of the Sausage


The Castle and the Enchantress


Why Generalize?


Dirty Day in Laza


East of Eden


Why Food?


Black Cat


Encounters with Eminent Galicians I: Dona Victoria of Lancara


The Order of the Pork Stew


A Foot in the Iron Age


Atilano's Virgin Ham


To Market, to Market ...


Four Stops in Negueira


The Tail in the Ear


Encounters with Eminent Galicians II: Anton of Espasante


Driving South for Tetotes


Luxury Ribs


Apocalypse Then


The City Formerly Known as La Coruna


Miolada Moderna


Encounters with Eminent Galicians III: Don Manuel Fraga Iribarne


Manolo and the Blood-Imp


Endpiece


Acknowledgments