Street Food Around the World : An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

In this encyclopedia, two experienced world travelers and numerous contributors provide a fascinating worldwide survey of street foods and recipes to document the importance of casual cuisine to every culture, covering everything from dumplings to hot dogs and kebabs to tacos. * Presents an international survey of street foods in representative countries and regions that includes interesting facts and recipe to illustrate many of them * Supplies the historical and environmental background of the country's street food * Includes sidebars with fun facts and statistics about street foods * Provides highly useful information for students studying geography and for travelers