A fascinating fun informative read.A quirky book of food and travel..A book that was so much fun to read to follow on the authors adventures.I will be gifting it to friends.#netgalley #workmanpublishing

When I saw this book I was excited to read it. I get a weekly newsletter from them that gives 5-8 facts every time, and I always discover new facts about interesting/historical food and how people prepared and ate them. I'm going to buy this book, it would be fun to be able to refer to it occasionally. It's a very educational book!

Thanks to Workman Publishing Company and NetGalley for the ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.

Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide is a fascinating survey of facts, factoids, tidbits, and culinary world history curated and presented by Dylan Thuras and Cecily Wong. Due out 28th Sept 2021 from Workman Publishing, it's 448 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.

The layout is arranged with chapters grouped by geographical location: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, Canada, the USA, Latin America, and Antarctica. Each of the chapters is further divided by country/region. The entries run the gamut from curiosities and weird local tourist destinations to profoundly strange cuisine (casu marzu is peccorino cheese intentionally exposed to the eggs/maggots of the cheese fly - mostly banned these days because of the rare potential for intestinal infestation in humans by the maggots of P. casei).

The book is full of photos and interesting sidebars with "How to try it" for many of the entries. The local delicacies and tourist spots are specified in the text. Really adventurous readers could certainly plan outings or even travel holidays around the entries in this encyclopedic volume.

Five stars. I can't imagine how much work and reference checking went into the writing of this book.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Gastro Obscura is a book written by the team behind Atlas Obscura. It's a trip around the globe of the weird and not so weird things that are eaten around the world and where you can find them. This book isnt published for another year in September 2021 so the eARC I received definitely still needs work with photos and captions and I had blank pages in my download. I enjoyed this book immensely because I myself travel the world and have eaten many of the delights in this book. It's definitely a book suited for any globe trotting foodie.
Thanks to Netgalley.com and Workman Publishing Company.

Gastro Obscura is a compilation of fascinating, offbeat, and just plain weird tidbits about food. It's broken down by region, so you can pick a location that interests you and read up on some of their food traditions and techniques, or you can just go straight through the book for the world tour.

I enjoyed the heck out of this book! I learned so many things about food and its accoutrements. I never knew what a pickle castor was, much less that I needed one in my life. And who doesn't enjoy learning about things like the magical cheese-making cave or a museum/gallery with art made from salt-cured bacon fat? This book is filled with little gems of culinary information, with history and travel lore sprinkled in. It's an adventure from the comfort of your favorite reading chair.

Thanks to NetGalley and Workman Publishing for the delightful reading experience!

This is the odd sort of book that's full of fascinating, quirky information well presented that will appeal to many (though not all) readers.

I wish I could put into words the delight this book should bring. It is infectious and you can tell the authors are truly committed to their craft. In this tome we are invited along to exciting tidbits of life on the road and the endless adventures there..Here you never know what awaits you. I could not stop reading every moment opened your eyes to a new take on eating and every plate offers a great backstory. If you have culinary acolytes here is the holiday gift done and dusted. Happy reading

So, the good news is this is a really cool and interesting book that foodies and/or world travelers are going to love. The bad news is, it looks like it's not coming out until September 2021. Still, that'll be in time for Christmas more than a year from now, so yay?
This is an interesting book to thumb through even if traveling isn't really a thing right now (at least, not if you're from the U.S.- nobody wants us, and I can't say I blame them). The book is broken up into regions, even including Antarctica, and my, don't we humans eat some interesting things! Learning the history behind these foods made it even more interesting, and seriously, I wish I could visit so many of these places to try out the local fare. Some of the places are no longer in existence, which is sad, but makes this an informative read for food historians as well. I look forward to seeing this book in the flesh, so to speak, when it does come out- the e-book version I was given to review was well put together, with lots of photos and ephemera related to the various foods covered, and I'm sure it will be even more impressive in person.

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I was very excited for this book and all of the places I thought I would get to try. Then I realized that a lot of the places local to me were ones that had something significant happen in the past, but were now closed down. While still a great read for foodie knowledge, not quite what I was expecting since I use Atlas Obscura to find places every time I travel.

This was an interesting book. Through food you might want to eat if feeling adventurous from a country's history and how food is celebrated, the writers show you the world that you can't visit anymore. Personally, I would have preferred it in physical form. Maybe when it comes out the world won't be on fire anymore.

This review is based on an advanced copy provided by Netgalley for an honest review.

This is fun! This is a compilation of articles that have appeared on the Gastro Obscura website. It's not something you read cover to cover but something you pick up and jump around. It's laid out geographically so you can take a trip around the world and read about unusual foods or noteworthy restaurants specific to a certain region. You and your stomach can travel, without leaving quarantine.

This food-specific book from the people who brought us the Atlas Obscura is exactly what you would expect: a compendium of fascinating and occasionally wacky gastronomic offerings from all over the world. You don't really read this cover to cover; it's more of something that you pick up and enjoy for a short time and then revisit later. Many of the entries sent me to the internet to find out more. In some instances this was because the photos did not provide enough information to accompany the text, and in other case because i wanted to know more about some bizarre tidbit. This book would make an excellent gift for a foodie friend.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a digital advance review copy.

I contacted the publisher and found that this title has been delayed until SEpt. 2021 so I will not be reviewing it until then.

Being a subscriber to their Facebook page I knew going in this would be an awesome read, and I was correct! Whether reviewing an appetizing food or a repulsive one, my curiosity was piqued with every description. Wonderfully written and illustrated, this book is sure to be a bestseller.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this book. Due to the large file size I had planned on downloading this in early August so I could review it prior to the archive date in mid September. Unfortunately I can no longer download and review it.

This is a book for people who relish little-known history about little-known foods and out-of-the-way places. It's not called Gastro *Obscura* for nothing. It's a book to dip in and out of, not so much for devouring in a single sitting. Color photos and drawings provide enticing illustrations, and a "how to try it" feature lets people know how to give the weird and/or new-to-you foods a go. For foodies and armchair travelers (aren't we all that right now?), this is an excellent volume to nibble at, whetting our appetites for curiosity and wonder.

As a “foodie” I was intrigued with this book when I saw it on NetGalley. Our family loves to watch food bloggers on YouTube and the weirder the better. Now I do need to let you know that this is NOT just a cookbook. This is a world food adventure you can go on right from the comfort of your favorite chair. There’s loads of images and sketches of the different dishes with the history behind it. You can flip around, go to the countries you want to see first, or do what I did and just start at the beginning and slowly wend my way through the different countries, locales, and specialties. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I think it would be a perfect fit for people who love to learn about where dishes originated from, those who love weird history, and those who love food.
I really have to take a moment and tell you how impressed I am with all of the time, effort, and research that had to happen for this book to come about. Kudos to everyone involved. Y’all did an amazing job!

**I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and this is my honest and voluntary review.

How bizarre people are! It never ceases to amaze me what they get up, and even more so, what they are prepared to put in their mouths. This book is quite a revelation, from Stargazy Pie (fish heads stuck into a pastry crust) to bouncing meatballs and coffee or avo on toast while reclining at what was once a Victorian urinal. Possibly my favourite was the fact that runners in the early 1900s were given glasses of bubbly laced with strychnine as performance enhancers, or energy drinks if you will. There were, predictably, quite a few really 'ugh' moments along with a few shockers, but all in all an entertaining read.
Many thanks to Net Galley, Workman Publishing Company and Cecily Wong; Dylan Thuras; Atlas Obscura for my ARC.

This book was utterly fascinating! It's full of easy to read foodie facts, stunning photos and even the odd recipe. Some of the foods showcased look quite tasty but others are repulsive but still pretty interesting.
A wonderful addition to a foodie or world traveller's coffee table.

*Review will be posted to blog www.elainehowlin.com on release date

An incredible book full of fun facts about food and the countries that they originate from. Every page is a delight to read.