Figures Figure 1.1 Adventurous interaction with a street food vendor in Istanbul, Turkey 6 Figure 1.2 Adventurous menus – rattlesnake bratwurst, Cowgirl Restaurant, Santa Fe, USA 7 Figure 2.1 Heston Blumenthal 15 Figure 2.2 Spices sold on the streets of India 20 Figure 2.3 Antechamber of the grand couvert, Palace of Versailles, France 23 Figure 2.4 The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, UK 25 Figure 2.5 Pizza Hut Meat Pie Crust Pizza 31 Figure 2.6 Create Your Taste – McDonald’s 32 Figure 3.1 The café lifestyle, beer in the city square, Antwerp, Belgium 41 Figure 3.2 Dude food theming, the Cowgirl Restaurant, Santa Fe, USA 42 Figure 3.3 Dude food – turducken, Alexandria, Virginia, USA 42 Figure 3.4 The macho challenge of a 1.2 kilogram roasted pig’s kneecap, Prague, Czech Republic 43 Figure 3.5 Dinner in the Sky in Brussels, Belgium 46 Figure 4.1 La Dolce Vita Festival at Pizzini Winery, King Valley, Australia 50 Figure 4.2 Visiting stalls at the Sonoma County Harvest Fair, Santa Rosa, USA 54 Figure 4.3 Traditional oyster-gathering boats on display at the Galway Festival 64 ix x Gastronomy, Tourism and the Media Figure 4.4 Oyster shucking at the Galway Festival 65 Figure 6.1 St Helena farmers’ market, Napa Valley, California, USA. A place to buy local produce directly from the producer and within Waters’ 100 mile radius 86 Figure 7.1 The Melbourne Food Garden – Pop up Patch at Federation Square 100 Figure 7.2 Bokchoy Tang’s vegetable patch – Bokchoy Tang is a pop-up restaurant in Federation Square 101 Figure 7.3 Stephanie Alexander 102 Figure 7.4 The orchard at Collingwood Children’s Farm, a community operation where school children can visit and work in the gardens 103 Figure 7.5 Sign outside the orchard at Collingwood Children’s Farm 109 Figure 8.1 Good health begins with farm-fresh food. Sutter Health Group sponsors the Davis farmers’ market in California 114 Figure 8.2 Bloomfield Farm selling organic produce at the St Helena farmers’ market, California, USA 115 Figure 8.3 Fresh produce in an uncomplicated setting at the Pakenham farmers’ market, Australia 118 Figure 9.1 Stephanie Alexander and children from the Kitchen Garden programme 128 Figure 10.1 Espresso Base pop-up tent in the forecourt of a London church 140 Figure 10.2 Le Camion qui fume, Paris, France 142 Figure 10.3 Cantine California, Paris, France 143 Figure 10.4 Round the Way Bagel Burgers Food Truck, Clunes Booktown Festival, Australia 145 Figure 11.1 Julia Child in The French Chef episode #231: Flaky Pastry 158 Figure 11.2 Rick Stein 159 Figure 11.3 Stefano de Pieri’s Mildura Brewery 165 Figure 15.1 A chocolatier performs in the window of a shop in the tourism precinct of Brussels, Belgium 213 Figures xi Figure 15.2 A spectacular Easter display in a chocolatier in Dijon, France 213 Figure 15.3 Pop-up restaurant showcasing regional produce and chefs in Girona, Spain 214 Figure 15.4 Fish and chips, transformed from takeaway to casual gourmet dining, complete with an Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad 215 00 mas es mas ok.indd 42 04/09/09 17:29.