Hoosh: Roast Penguin, Scurvy Day, and Other Stories of Antarctic Cuisine

by Jason C. Anthony

Book Overview

Antarctica, the last place on Earth, is not famous for its cuisine. Yet it is famous for stories of heroic expeditions in which hunger was the one spice everyone carried. At the dawn of Antarctic cuisine, cooks improvised under inconceivable hardships, castaways ate seal blubber and penguin breasts while fantasizing about illustrious feasts, and men seeking the South Pole stretched their rations to the breaking point. Today, Antarctica's kitchens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803226667
• ISBN13: 9780803226661
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"