How to feed a dictator : Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot through the eyes of their cooks /


Witold Szabłowski ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
Bok Engelsk 2022 · memoarer
Annen tittel
Omfang
xix, 267 sivua ;
Opplysninger
Starter -- Snack -- Breakfast: Thieves' fish soup : the story of Abu Ali, Saddam Hussein's chef -- Lunch: Roasted goat : the story of Otonde Odera, Idi Amin's chef -- Dinner: Sheqerpare : the story of Mr. K., Enver Hoxha's chef -- Supper: Fish in mango sauce : the story of Erasmo and Flores, Fidel Castro's chefs -- Dessert: Papaya salad : the story of Yong Moeun, Pol Pot's chef -- Seasonings -- After-dinner mints.. - "Traveling across four continents, from the ruins of Iraq to the savannahs of Kenya, Witold Szabłowski tracked down the personal chefs of five dictators known for the oppression and massacre of their own citizens: Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Uganda's Idi Amin, Albania's Enver Hoxha, Cuba's Fidel Castro, and Cambodia's Pol Pot-and listened to their stories over sweet-and-sour soup, goat-meat pilaf, bottles of rum, and games of gin rummy. Dishy, deliciously readable, and dead serious, How to Feed a Dictator provides a knife's-edge view of what it was like to be behind the scenes at some of the turning points of the last century"--
Emner
Sjanger
memoarer : http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:au:slm:s286. - muistelmat : http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:au:slm:s286
Dewey
ISBN
9781785788352 : Nkr 203.00

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