Lamb: A Global History

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Lamb: A Global History is an introduction to one of the world's most popular foods. With a good look at how lamb has been consumed since the very beginnings of agriculture and twenty tested recipes that let home cooks experience that history in their kitchens, it's an entry to the world of lamb that's perfect for home cooks and food enthusiasts. The book traces how lamb and sheep were first cultivated, then embraced by cooks in ancient Rome, Greece and the Middle East.It takes you from the first lamb meals in the Zgros Mountains of Iraq and Iran through the banquets of renaissance Italy and finally to the locovore urban farmers of today.

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as yet there has not appeared a specific volume on the subject quite as impressive as this . . . In six chapters, Bovey chronologically charts the trajectory of the DIY phenomenon, beginning with early 60s originators such as The Wailers, Trashmen and Kingsmen who took their inspiration from the thrilling guitar distortions of Link Wray and Bo Diddley, through to 21st century pretenders such as The Gories, Sloths and Jackets . . . the first truly comprehensive study of the genre . . . It is a concise, passionately-written and well-researched account . . . it should have you dusting down armfuls of those old nuggets before youve even reached Chapter Two. * Shingdig! magazine *
Yarvin explores the historical development of different lamb dishes around the world, and engages in some first-hand reportage himself. While lamb might not be as common a dish for many North Americans as some other meats, its likely to play a heightened role in the future. * Popmatters *
A fine and thorough account, copious in historical detail and explanation of a movement that has survived on sheer, unquenchable fuzztone enthusiasm. * David Stubbs, author of Future Days and Mars by 1980 *

Author Bio

Brian Yarvin is a food photographer and author who lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His three most recent books are A World of Noodles, The Ploughmans Lunch and the Misers Feast and The Too Many Tomatoes Cookbook.