The Ark of Taste by David S. Shields - ISBN: 9780316477321
Hardcover
Taste history: endangered foods, rich stories, and delicious recipes await.

The Ark of Taste

Delicious and Distinctive Foods That Define the United States

$78.20

  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    31 October 2023

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Summary

The Ark of Taste is a living catalogue of our nation’s food heritage preserving treasures passed down for generations-some rare, some endangered, all delicious.

Created by Slow Food USA, the Ark shines light on history, identity, and taste through these unique food products, featuring recipes and the stories of how they reach our tables. In these pages you’ll learn about:

  • Carolina Gold rice
  • Wellfleet oysters
  • Cherokee Purple tomatoes
  • The Moon an…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780316477321
ISBN-10:031647732X
Author:David S. Shields, Giselle K. Lord, Slow Food USA
Publisher:Little, Brown & Company
Imprint:Little, Brown & Company
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:31 October 2023
Weight:800g
Dimensions:234mm x 160mm x 30mm
About The Author

David S. Shields

David S. Shields is the Carolina Distinguished Professor in the College of Arts and Science, University of South Carolina. He is the Chairman of the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation, chairs Slow Food’s Ark of Taste Committee of the South, and in 2018 was awarded Slow Food USA’s “Snail Blazer” award for Biodiversity. He is the author of The Culinarians, a James Beard Award finalist.

Giselle Kennedy Lord is the Slow Food USA director of communications and was named James Beard National Scholar Northwest in 2018. She has worked on farms around the world and can be found photographing rare ingredients on working farms, and in her own garden and kitchen.

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