I was given the book with the warning that the story were hit and miss, but I was positively surprised. My favourite were: Fat, about a Korean boy who tries to gain weight to avoid the military service; Mrs Dutta writes a letter - perhaps my favourite overall, about an old Indian lady moving in with her son's familty in the States. Walking the Wok, about a cooking school in Kenya (also great)

I love food, and enjoy cooking, and suspect that's why I got given the book. Yet most stories are not about the pleasure of eating/cooking, but about the ways food becomes a battleground between people who love each other.