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Gathered from over 2 years of traveling, this is a collection of drawings, menus, recipes, and recollections of the daily life and celebrations of peoples around the world. This fascinating chronicle of some of the world's greatest feasts begins in Baton Rouge, where the culinary and cultural traditions of the Cajun, Creole, African and Caribbean people culminate during Mardi Gras. Also includes visits to Thailand during the New Year Water Festival; Jewish Passover in Nice; a wedding in Kashmir; days of the dead in Oaxaca, Mexico; Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan; Moon Festival in China, and more. 150+ recipes, with colorful drawings.Forbes, Leslie is the author of 'Remarkable Feasts: Adventures on the Food Trail from Baton Rouge to Old Peking - Leslie Forbes - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780671749347 and ISBN 067174934X.
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