In September 2005, Alex Kapranos began writing about what he ate while touring the world with the rock band Franz Ferdinand. The writing is as much about where he eats and the people he eats with as the unusual flavours he tastes on the road. Whether it’s munching donuts with cops in Brooklyn, swallowing bull’s balls with the band in Buenos Aires or queuing for a saveloy in South Shields, these are surprising and vivid snapshots of life on the road. Funny, poignant, sickening or sexual depending on the situation, the material, both new and previously published in the Guardian, is fascinating and entertaining.

Sound Bites: Eating On Tour With Franz Ferdinand

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Kapranos, Alex

Cooking Education & Reference

Fig Tree

The lead singer of the acclaimed, platinum-selling group Franz Ferdinand takes readers on a rock-and-roll culinary adventure around the world The extremely successful neo–New Wave band Franz Ferdinand has millions of fans around the globe, and the group’s frequent tours bring its members not only to a wide variety of places but also face to face with a wide range of food. Here, lead singer Alex Kapranos collects his humorous and insightful reflections—compiled partly from his column in the Guardian (London)—on his many international gastronomic encounters, both savory and not so savory. From the charms of a donut shop in a Polish-speaking part of Brooklyn to a decidedly less charming pair of bull’s testicles in Buenos Aires to the seductive, almost-vegetarian allure of a heavenly Singaporean buffet, Kapranos always gets the mouthwatering details just right while delivering an entertaining look at rock-and-roll life on the road.

Sound Bites: Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand

Penguin??Books

Recorre el mundo con una banda de rock. Prueba comidas extranas junto a gente insolita. Y cuentalo. Los sabores inusuales que encuentra el autor en los restaurantes del mundo, singular en cada uno de sus rincones, dan pie a breves reflexiones llenas de destellos de humor y de una fresca y entranable curiosidad por el comportamiento humano. Engullir donuts con policias de Brooklyn, pasar a duras penas criadillas de toro en Buenos Aires, hacer cola para conseguir unas salchichas en South Shields o comentar los tatuajes de Sergi Arola en la cocina de su restaurante en Madrid. Alex Kapranos nos guia por un viaje que lleva desde la comida hasta la propia infancia, a traves de escenas tan vividas como sorprendentes, con parada obligatoria en los demas. Sound Bites (Bocados de sonido): un viaje divertido y fascinante para ver lo que se cuece en el mundo.

Sound bites: Comerse el mundo de gira con Franz Ferdinand (451.http.doc) (Spanish Edition)

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