Elizabeth M. Collingham Bücher

Yoshio Kita's hopelessness and lack of faith in his future as an ordinary and lonely company worker crystallizes into a decision to take his own life, in what he calls 'execution by Death by Choice'. His only remaining problem is how to spend both his remaining self-allocated seven days on earth and all his worldly money, in this darkly comic exploration of the cult of suicide in Japan, a country with one of the world's highest rates of suicide. From fine dining with a former porn actress to insuring his life, from pursuing his ex-girlfriend to an entanglement with an assassin, Yoshio's last seven days on earth take on unexpected twists and turns as Shimada asks his readers what it means to have the freedom to end your own life, and what becomes truly important when your days are numbered - even if it is by free choice. Sensitively translated by Meredith McKinney, this tale of a very modern Japan is now for the first time available to English readers. Sensitively translated by Meredith McKinney, this tale of a very modern Japan is now for the first time available to English readers.

A wholly pleasing book, which offers a tasty side dish to anyone exploring the narrative history of the British Empire Max Hastings Sunday Times

Like an assorted tin of biscuits, this charming and beautifully illustrated book has something to offer for everyone, combining recipes for hardtack and macaroons, Shrewsbury biscuits and Garibaldis, with entertaining and eye- opening vignettes of social history.

This imaginative book tells the history of India and its rulers through their food. It follows the story of curry as it spread from the courts of Delhi to the balti houses of Birmingham. Teeming with colourful characters, rich in anecdote and meticulously researched, Curry is vivid, entertaining and delicious.

十六世紀英國為尋找食物開始探索海洋、同時建立帝國。在此過程中，英國人消滅原住民人口，改變地景與農業系統；殖民地的精英餐桌上，擺滿宣揚國族威信的工具；植物的遷移，促成新舊大陸農作物的哥倫布大交換，這些發展所交織的食物網創造出真正的跨全球系統，連結五個洲，塑造出現代世界的飲食樣貌。 本書每章開頭會先提到一頓膳食，之後探索是什麼樣的歷史讓這膳食得以成真。比方說，為什麼在一六九八年，一名法國男子會與一名漂亮的非裔葡萄牙女子共享鳳梨？為什麼在一九〇一年到英屬哥倫比亞探勘銅礦的團隊，最後會吃澳洲兔肉？是什麼樣的因緣際會，促成非裔蓋亞那的鑽石礦工在一九九三年烹煮咖哩鬣蜥？每則故事固然是單獨篇章，然而串連起來，便能看出食物是帝國的驅動力。 作者在跨度四百五十年的時間裡，從遠東到新世界，透過二十多道餐點，解釋非洲人如何教導美國人如何種植稻米，東印度公司如何將貿易商品由鴉片轉變為茶葉，以及美國人如何成為在世界上最能自給自足的人們。在《帝國的滋味》中，科林漢精闢地表達出，只有檢視自十六世紀的紐芬蘭漁業到現在的飲食習慣，我們才能充分了解英國的全球食品體系歷史，並從而充分了解我們的資本主義經濟及其在現代化飲食中所扮演的角色。