Name: Global Food
Uploaded: 2007
Description: More than being age-old dishes, more than being a tradition or a phenomenon these dishes have become icons of the globalized world.

More than being age-old dishes, more than being a tradition or a phenomenon these dishes have become icons of the globalized world.

How a simple ball of rice topped with a piece of raw fish has conquered the planet in just thirty years. On the banks of the Grand Canal in Venice, in Sao Paulo's Japantown or in the chic and not-so-chic districts of Los Angeles, London and Paris, people make light work of this first fast-food.

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How a simple ball of rice topped with a piece of raw fish has conquered the planet in just thirty years. On the banks of the Grand Canal in Venice, in Sao Paulo's Japanto

The Sushi Empire

French fries - that marvel of human culinary genius! Why the Incas didn't invent French fries? How they can be made to sing? Why the Belgians have dedicated a museum to them? Why they have been served at the White House for the last 200 years?

French fries - that marvel of human culinary genius! Why the Incas didn't invent French fries? How they can be made to sing?

Once Upon a French Fry

The Earl of Sandwich's 18th-century invention is the greatest thing since sliced bread! Since then, variations on the sandwich theme have piled up all over the world. Tramezzini in Italy, Hot Dogs in New York, le jambon-beurre in Parisian bars, the worldwide hamburger and the Ham Bao Bao in Beijing.

The Earl of Sandwich's 18th-century invention is the greatest thing since sliced bread! Since then, variations on the sandwich theme have piled up all over the world.

Which Sandwich is Which?

Everything you've always wanted to know about pasta and would never have imagined. From prehistoric spaghetti fossils to the first Japanese instant noodles, from the artisans in Gragnano to the ultra-wealthy heirs of Barilla, to Tokyo's 3,000 Italian restaurants.

Everything you've always wanted to know about pasta and would never have imagined. From prehistoric spaghetti fossils to the first Japanese instant noodles, from the arti

Pasta Mania

We all know about ice cream and its links with Italy. Because gelati conjure up as much a picture of Italy as do pizzas and pasta. But how did ice cream come to be? Where are the best ice creams in the world made today?

We all know about ice cream and its links with Italy. Because gelati conjure up as much a picture of Italy as do pizzas and pasta. But how did ice cream come to be? Where

Gelato

The pizza is the antithesis of culture clash, a symbol of positive globalization and a link between past and present, East and West. It's simple food, eaten straight from the serving plate, and is the base for any sauce at all. And yet, the pizza has become humanity's most universal dish.

The pizza is the antithesis of culture clash, a symbol of positive globalization and a link between past and present, East and West.