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Lonely Planet to release new cookbook series
Lonely Planet has announced plans to expand their travel-related food coverage with the release of a new cookbook series. – AFP/Relaxnews pic, August 1, 2015.Lonely Planet has announced plans to expand their travel-related food coverage with the release of a new cookbook series that aims to transport readers around the world via their taste buds.
For the series, dubbed “From the Source”, Lonely Planet dispatched local food writers in destinations such as Italy and Thailand to scour their countries for nine months in search of the authentic recipes that have come to define their local gastronomic landscape.
That includes tracking down the very families who invented popular recipes, as well as the communities who are keeping their local culinary heritage alive.
“From the Source: Italy” for example, features the authentic, classic Bologna recipe for tagliatelle al ragu; a pizza portafoglio from Naples; and hand-rolled orecchiette from Puglia.
In “From the Source: Thailand,” readers taste the distinct flavours of the country with recipes like sour pork stir-fried with egg in the north, classic green curry from central Thailand, and sour orange curry with fish and papaya to the south.
It’s not the first time the brand has released food-related travel titles, as its publishing catalogue includes “The Food Lover’s Guide to the World” as well as “The World’s Best Spicy Food”.
Other books that focus on food and destinations include National Geographic’s “Food Journeys of a Lifetime”, and Mark Bittman’s “Food Lover’s Guide to the World”.
The Italy and Thailand editions will be published September 1 for US$24.99 (RM95.53).
Next up in the series will be Spain and Japan, published in August 2016. – AFP/Relaxnews, August 1, 2015.
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