Matt Goulding

Sushi, ramen, sake, uno de los libros más ambiciosos y completos sobre la cultura y la gastronomía niponas desde una perspectiva occidental, es un viaje apasionante a las entrañas del fabuloso acervo culinario de Japón y una absorbente exploración de los profundos vínculos existentes entre comida, historia y cultura de ese país.

Matt Goulding, que ha recorrido más de ocho mil kilómetros por locales de fideos, templos de tempura y casas de té, nos toma de la mano para examinar el arte de la cocina japonesa en siete regiones clave, desde la tradición del kaiseki de Kioto hasta los maestros del sushi de Tokio, pasando por los puestos callejeros de Osaka y la historia del ramen de Fukuoka.

Urdido con una original combinación de ingenio literario, información muy detallada y magníficas fotografías, Sushi, ramen, sake gustará tanto a los viajeros más intrépidos como a quienes prefieren quedarse en el sofá. Una guía entretenida y sugerente que inaugura la nueva era del turismo gastronómico y cultural.… (mais)

Once again, Roads & Kingdoms put together a gorgeous food travelogue in book form. [a:Matt Goulding|992435|Matt Goulding|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] takes the reader on a geographically sweeping yet intimate tour of España through her regional foods and practices. I've never been to Spain or really gotten into the nuances of its food, so I'll have to take his well-written word on how well the book fits the country.

Of the two HarperCollins Anthony Bourdain books (his imprint, not his own works) I read this month, I felt a stronger pull to this one over [b:Eating Korea: Reports on a Culinary Renaissance|30653709|Eating Korea Reports on a Culinary Renaissance|Graham Holliday|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1468804705s/30653709.jpg|51198709]- maybe because I feel like with 7 years of experiences Matt's more embedded in the country he writes about compared to Graham's journey to discover what exactly the soul of a country is.

Oddly, of the three titular focal points, I'm not sure grapes really got their due compared to the worship of the pig and omnipresence of olive oil. Sure, wine is mentioned as being a must at some meals...but it very much felt like proteins took the lead in most of this.… (mais)