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RR 2014/049 Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture Edited by Bruce Kraig and Colleen Taylor Sen ABC-Clio Santa Barbara, CA 2013 ISBN 978 1 59884 955 4 URL: www.abc-clio.com/ product.aspx?isbn = 9781598849547 Last visited October 2013 Contact publisher for pricing information Also available in print (xxxi + 604pp. ISBN 9781 59884 954 7 £63 $100)
Keywords Countries, Culture (sociology), Food
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-10-2013-0260
Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture from ABC-Clio, reviewed here in its e-book version, starts with an introduction and then information on each country and the street food provided there. The countries are in alphabetical order which makes them easy to access. There are also recipes of traditional dishes accompanying each country section.
Street food has always been a popular way of obtaining food and can be traced back in history to almost the only way that some people obtained a hot dish. The book carefully tracks the history of street food in each country it deals with which provides an interesting and valid background. Nowadays, throughout the world, street food is becoming of increasing interest. It is a way of feeding very large groups of people quickly but who are not likely to be permanently at a...