In the Danger Zone

Award-winning food writer Stefan Gates is a self-proclaimed "epicurean desperado," willing to cook and eat anything at least once. In this original combination of travelogue and cookbook, Gates records his travels to some of the world’s most chaotic regions, all with the purpose of finding something to eat. His meals include sharing a fat-tailed sheep with Taliban warlords in Afghanistan, yak penis with Communist officials in China, and UN subsistence rations with refugees in Uganda. A mixture of comedy and tragedy that addresses culture, eating, and politics, this is a unique look at the unstable state of the globe through the shared necessity of food.