num_pages: 208
description: The small-but-mighty shrimp has lured diners to the table for centuries. Whether served as the featured protein in a main dish or as a savory flavor in snacks shrimp are the worlds most popular seafood. These primordial-looking creatures spend their short lives out of sight deep on the ocean floor yet they have inspired an immense passion in cultures across the world.In this lively and entertaining book Yvette Florio Lane embarks on a lively historical tour of the production and consumption of Earths beloved crustacean. Over the centuries shrimp have been hailed as an indulgence a luxury and even an aphrodisiac. They have been served to show hospitality demonstrate status and celebrate special occasions. They can also be culinary ambassadors inspiring novel cooking techniques and the introduction of new tastes around the world. Demand for the creatures however has now exceeded supply. Whether fished from the ocean with nets or deep-sea trawlers or raised in modern aquaculture farms the world produces and eats more (and cheaper) shrimp than ever before but often at great cost. Shrimp is a delicious fascinating and troubling history of a culinary favorite.
language: English
title: Shrimp: A Global History
publisher: Reaktion Books