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Everything but the Squeal is one man's gastronomic love affair with that most unassuming of animals, the pig. It is also a fascinating exploration of a virtually unknown region of 'green' Spain.
John Barlow, self-confessed glutton, lives in Galicia, the misty-green northwest corner of Spain. It is one of the most meat-loving places on earth, and where the pig is always prominent on the menu.
This gets Barlow thinking about the nature of our relationship with food: what's delicious, what's not, and what sort of obligation we have to the animals we eat. Over the course of one glorious, bilious year, Barlow vows to eat everything the pig has to offer: everything but the squeal. And to make matters worse on a meat-quest like this, he's married to a vegetarian.
In his travels, Barlow takes part in a thousand-year-old ant-throwing festival, stops off for pig's trotters at a hippy commune, makes pig-bladder puddings for carnival, and eats a beautifully spiced pancreas... All washed down with plenty of the local wine.
In the tradition of Calvin Trillin and Anthony Bourdain, Everything But the Squeal is an adventure in extreme eating, a hilariously quirky travel book, and a perceptive look at how what we eat makes us who we are.*A fascinating journal of his Galician wanderings. What comes through is a deep affection not just for Galicia's pigs...but also for Galicia's people and culture.
John Barlow, self-confessed glutton, lives in Galicia, the misty-green northwest corner of Spain. It is one of the most meat-loving places on earth, and where the pig is always prominent on the menu.
This gets Barlow thinking about the nature of our relationship with food: what's delicious, what's not, and what sort of obligation we have to the animals we eat. Over the course of one glorious, bilious year, Barlow vows to eat everything the pig has to offer: everything but the squeal. And to make matters worse on a meat-quest like this, he's married to a vegetarian.
In his travels, Barlow takes part in a thousand-year-old ant-throwing festival, stops off for pig's trotters at a hippy commune, makes pig-bladder puddings for carnival, and eats a beautifully spiced pancreas... All washed down with plenty of the local wine.
In the tradition of Calvin Trillin and Anthony Bourdain, Everything But the Squeal is an adventure in extreme eating, a hilariously quirky travel book, and a perceptive look at how what we eat makes us who we are.*A fascinating journal of his Galician wanderings. What comes through is a deep affection not just for Galicia's pigs...but also for Galicia's people and culture.