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(0)Ian Crofton
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"A curious compendium of human history's most bizarre recipes, eating habits, and nutritional beliefs, ranging from early hangover cures to the practical tips for frying locusts"--Page [4] cover.
Ever wondered where noodles came from? How Worcester Sauce was invented? Or even who the 'Cucumber King of Burma' was? Beginning with the hippo soup eaten in Africa in 6000 BC, through to the dangerous blowfish enjoyed in contemporary Japan, A Curious History...
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Arranged in simple A-Z order by title, explains the meanings of, and reasons for, the titles of more than 1500 famous and not-so-famous novels, films, poems, plays, paintings and works of classical music.
"Find the origins of obscure titles of over 1,500 films, novels, plays, paintings, and musical compositions."--Publisher's description.