A Pike in the Basement
Author: Simon Loftus
"Simon Loftus is a man with a sense of adventure and a nose for the good things in life. In A Pike in the Basement he combines a love of food and travel with beguiling style and takes us on a voyage of discovery round some of the world's lesser-known culinary delights. He understands the importance of the right food in the right place at the right time, and the evocative power of tastes and smells to the traveller." Each of these sixteen traveller's tales ends with a recipe - fried eggs, bacon, boiled potatoes and salad, Devilled Spuds, Frozen Oranges and of course, Pike Quenelles - and wine suggestions to go with them.
Publishers Weekly
From frozen oranges in Asia Minor to catfish in Tennessee, Loftus is bent on one thing (and ready to travel extensively to find it): enjoyment and ambience in dining. The author ( Anatomy of the Wine Trade ) on his favorite omelet, pinned down in the ``deserted countryside'' of France: ``The ingredients were well combined: fresh eggs, good butter and the pleasure of the harvest, with the sweet smell of new hay drifting across from the other side of that tiny valley.'' Bursting with a desire to describe and evaluate everything he sees and tastes on four continents, and amply endowed to do so, the writer (who is an English publican) is such a food snob that he sneers at French truffles as pretentious and inferior, placed beside the ``white truffle of Piedmont,'' and even ventures the ``heretical'' view that ``I seldom think homemade bread is as good as that from a decent professional.'' This opinionated posture is so up-front, however, that readers won't mind. Brief and enticing recipes, with recommended wines, sing off each chapter. Illustrated. (Nov.)
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Green Tea: Health Benefits and Applications, Vol. 106
Author: Yukihiko Hara
A comprehensive overview of the inherent properties, chemical and biochemical functions, actions for lowering the risks of cardiovascular and infectious diseases and cancers, and underlying mechanisms of tea polyphenols. It reveals the bioantimutagenic potency of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) found in green tea.
Food Trade Review
...timely and comprehensive.
Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics - Publisher
...the first detailed treatise on tea's history and production. "Coverage of the subject matter is excellent.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer: Zhaoming Xu, BSc, MSc, PhD (University of British Columbia)
Description: This book provides an overview on a broad range of topics related to green tea with a focus on the chemical and biochemical functions and potential health benefits of tea polyphenols.
Purpose: It deals primarily with the health benefits of tea polyphenols, in particular tea catechins.
Audience: It seems that this book is aimed at those individuals who are interested in knowing more about the health benefit of green tea.
Features: This book begins with an introduction of the history of tea followed by information on the health benefits of green tea. This includes the antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral and anticarcinogenic activities of polyphenols, and cancer prevention and lipid lowering effects of green tea. It is interesting that this book also devotes one chapter to the practical and industrial applications of polyphenols and related commercial products. An overview on the production, processing, consumption, and trading of Japanese tea and recent trends in the Japanese tea industry are provided in the last chapter under the title of Tea in Japan.
Assessment: This book provides a comprehensive, but brief, survey on the health benefits of green tea. It is interesting reading material for tea drinkers and potential consumers as it provides sufficient information showing potential health benefits associated with green tea. Some of the information may be a bit overwhelming for those less advanced consumers. At the same time, researchers will likely find that the value of this book as a reference is limited.
Booknews
Twenty scientific papers trace the results of studies conducted over the past two decades by Hara, now a vice president of Tokyo Food Techno Co. Ltd., and other researchers. The book deals primarily with the health benefits of tea polyphenols<-->in particular, tea catechins, which are the major component of fresh tea leaves and the element that gives green tea its pungency. Papers review the biosynthesis and fermentation processes in green and black teas, analyze effective methods for extracting tea polyphenols, and investigate the cancer-fighting and other beneficial properties of tea. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Rating
3 Stars from Doody
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