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While these trends have increased the likelihood and expansion of food influences, variations of the same popular dishes have been found in regions all over the world long before now. This book is an ecological, historical, and cultural examination of why certain foods are eaten, and how these foods are prepared by different social groups within the same鈥攁nd different鈥攇eographical region. The authors cover more than 200 countries and cultural groups, featuring each nation's food culture and traditions, and providing overviews on foodstuffs, typical dishes, and styles of eating. This revised edition features in excess of 400 new recipes, several new countries, and additional sidebars with fun facts explaining unique foods and unfamiliar ingredients. More than 1,600 recipes for popular appetizers, main courses, desserts, snack foods, and celebration dishes are provided, allowing readers to construct full menus from every country of the world.</p><p><ul></p><p><li>Contains more than 400 new recipes for a total of more than 1600 recipes</li></p><p><li>Includes the newly independent countries of Kosovo and South Sudan, and tiny countries like St. Kitts and Nevis, Nauru, Palau, and Vanuatu</li></p><p><li>Features anecdotal information on typical dishes, styles of eating, and unusual ingredients for each country</li></p><p></ul></p></div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"></div></td> </tr></table><div id="summary-second-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="about_author_anchor"></a>About the author <span style="color:#666; font-weight:normal">(2014)</span></h3><div id=about_author class=about_content><div id=about_author_v><div class=textmodulecontent>Jeanne Jacob is an agronomist and researcher on tropical agroecology, ethnobotany, and phytochemistry, with an interest in indigenous food culture and neglected food crops.Michael Ashkenazi, PhD, is a senior researcher at the Bonn International Center for Conversion. Michael Ashkenazi is a professional writer and the author of numerous scholarly and encyclopedia articles on Japanese religion and culture. </div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>The World Cookbook: The Greatest Recipes from Around the Globe [4 Volumes]</span><br><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:%22Gale+virtual+reference+library%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=2"><i><span dir=ltr>Gale virtual reference library</span></i></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Authors</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Jeanne+Jacob%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=2"><span dir=ltr>Jeanne Jacob</span></a>, <a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Michael+Ashkenazi%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=2"><span dir=ltr>Michael Ashkenazi</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Illustrated by</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Jeanne Jacob</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Edition</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>illustrated, revised</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>ABC-CLIO, 2014</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>1610694694, 9781610694698</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>1656 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Cooking%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Cooking</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Cooking+Regional+%26+Ethnic%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">Regional & Ethnic</span></a></div> › <div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Cooking+Regional+%26+Ethnic+General%22" itemprop="url" dir=ltr><span itemprop="title">General</span></a></div><br><br><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Cooking+/+Reference%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=2"><span dir=ltr>Cooking / Reference</span></a><br/><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Cooking+/+Regional+%26+Ethnic+/+General%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=2"><span dir=ltr>Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / General</span></a><br/><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Social+Science+/+Agriculture+%26+Food%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=2"><span dir=ltr>Social Science / Agriculture & Food</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td>&nbsp</td><td>&nbsp</td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Export Citation</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a 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