Comments on: Culinary Anthropologists

By: Dee McKinney

Dee McKinney — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:42:17 +0000

“Flatbreads and Flavors” is a staple in our kitchen, and I just bought “Beyond the Great Wall” as a present for a friend studying Uighur culture. I’m so glad I caught this show-I love Jeffrey and Naomi’s work!!

By: David Alling

David Alling — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:01:28 +0000

I always enjoy the show. Thanks! I heard a piece of music on this show, I believe Tom said it was called “The Streets of Tibet”, and I couldn’t quite catch the name of the group. Can you fill in the blanks for me? I’d like to try to find the CD if I could.

By: Gail Giarusso

Gail Giarusso — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:34:57 +0000

I have been a fan of Alford and Duguid’s since Flatbreads and Flavors. I have 4 of their cookbooks. I am a photographer (have had a gallery for 8 years), and a serious cook. I specialize in photographing still-lifes of vegetables and fruit in black and white and sometimes hand-painting the photographs.
I love their photography, have made many of the recipies (the home baking book is wonderful), but also think the writing is great. I read thier travel and eating logs with relish. Who does most of the writing? I remember one recounting of a breakfast in Israel, the morning just breaking, eating hot flatbread from a vender, dipped in herbed salt, and strong coffee, watching the sun rise.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:15:54 +0000

How do the indigenous people feel about being photographed? Some peoples have cultral concerns about this.

By: Molly Roland

Molly Roland — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:07:29 +0000

Dear Tom:
As an artist working in mostly solitary conditions, I value hearing your program daily, and for its breadth and thoughtfulness. If I could have posed a question to Jeff and Naomi,I would have asked about the issue of using local ingredients versus the more exotic. After reqding about them in the New Yorker, I went immediately to a bookstore to purchase one of their cookbooks. How beautiful they are–and how global in their scope!

Thank you,
Molly Roland

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:02:27 +0000

Thank you for the interesting show!

I lived in Durban, South Africa, where there is a large Indian population. While there, one of my favorite things to eat was the rice dish, breyani. When I came back to the U.S., I went to an Indian restaurant and ordered “biryani”. While still delicious, I was disappointed to find out that it was not at all the same dish.

By: Erika Bourne

Erika Bourne — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:48:07 +0000

A few years ago I went to a fabulous Burmese restaurant in New York City. Unfortunately it’s no longer there. They had a dessert called something like 1000 layer pancake that was flavored with coconut. It was one of the best and most memorable foods I’ve eaten.

Do the authors know of it and do they know how to make it?

Thank you!

Erika

By: Isernia

Isernia — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:42:44 +0000

The caller who reminisced about hot Egyptian eggplant can easily find recipes on line. Rice and ground meat are often stufffed into a long purple or white eggplant. Add tomato paste and water to bake in oven. Just add hot pepper and cumin for that hot, spicey taste.

By: Bill Brinkert

Bill Brinkert — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:33:59 +0000

I love travel and I am always seeking new cuisines to try…gosh, I’d love to do what they have done, but how do you go about this research while paying the bills?

One of my favorite discoveries occured during a stay in Iceland. They have a fantastic yogurt-cheese called skyr which they serve with cream and brown sugar at breakfast.

By: Thomas Marzahl

Thomas Marzahl — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:32:58 +0000

What a tale of love, adventure, experiments, breaking the mold, hospitality, world travel, culture and the amazing tastes and smells that come from cooking for friends and family and learning from each other.

I need another cookbook like I need a hole in the head, but I have the feeling that Nom and Jeff’s book on baking is soon going to join the many volumes on my groaning shelves.

A perfect show for the holiday season!

By: Martha Foley

Martha Foley — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:31:42 +0000

I’ve been a fan and follower of your travels since Flatbreads and Flavors. Fascinating to hear your voices. I was sorry to read that you didn’t find enough Celtic cooking to keep your interest. Will you get back there, or to Europe at all? Or stay in Asia?

By: Mariah Khanna

Mariah Khanna — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:55:54 +0000

I just read the wonderful New Yorker article on your globetrotting guests, and would like to know how they managed to eat, research, and write with two young sons in tow?!