Author: Long Prawn, Mark Chu, Dana Qaddah and Pablo Britton. Editor: Belle Place. Publisher: Long Prawn, 2022. ISBN: 9780645294101. Format: Softcover, 143 x 197 mm, 100pp.
Self-published by Long Prawn, Melbourne-based artistic food practice focused on sharing food knowledge and exploring edible ideas through food events, Devils on Horseback, The Cookbook: A Global Etymology of Oddly Names Dishes looks at the nomenclature of some well known and less well known dishes.
From Pigs in a Blanket to Nun’s Farts this book pans its way across the world looking at how these dishes earned their names. Equal measures historical, visionary and surreal, the book depicts each recipe as their literal namesake, alongside the back-story and early recipes.