Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

It is cleat that the authors love and respect their subject. For those, such as I, who were afraid to try "street food", this book offers a "how to", "where to" and "when to" guide to enable the curious visitor to experience the "real" cuisine of a country. The focus clearly is the food yet the chapters include history, politics and culture as well. For the courageous, the authors have included 70 pages of recipes to enable the reader to experience preparing and enjoying the "go to" foods of other countries. We learn so much about people by learning about the food they eat and this wonderful book opens that door.

I love to travel and I love to eat street food but I usually don’t know where to go in foreign cities for good (clean) food and I’m always guessing – I never know what to order. I would recommend this book for anyone who hates getting stuck at boring, tourist trap restaurants in exotic locations because they don’t know where else to go to eat. This is a great introduction to the best of the best street food and what to eat depending on where you are. I would get this for anyone who is interested in learning more about street food and who is willing to be just a little bit adventurous.

I found this compendium on street food useful but by its nature is not all encompassing as a sole reference like the title implies.