I’ve picked up several new food history/culinary literature books in the last few weeks that look really good, on topics ranging from the history of coffee and bread to spices and daring eating.  I’ll post more info on them as I start reading.  I found a great one this weekend at the Cannon Beach Bookstore, and I’m almost half way through it already.  “Are You Really Going to Eat That?” by Robb Walsh.  It’s subtitled “Reflections of a culinary thrill seeker”, and that’s a pretty accurate summation.  So far I’ve read about Mr. Walsh’s trip to Jamaica for a cup of coffee, Santiago Chile for conger eel stew, Thailand for the infamous durian, etc.  It’s a great read if you are into eating crazy stuff, of if you wish you were.  Mr. Walsh approaches tracking down these famous food items with a single mindedness that makes me wish I had a lot more time and money to do the same.