Sourdough Library (Re-listen)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In honor of the release of our new book TODAY, we bring you a Gastro Obscura Classic: Inside a living, breathing collection of sourdough starters in Belgium Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide is a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders. Order your copy today! Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sourdough-library

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0:00.0	Hello, so Dylan here, and I've got some news, which is that Alice Obscura is releasing
0:08.2	its next big book, Gastro Obscura.
0:11.9	It is co-authored by Cessli Wong and yours truly, and it's the work of a whole team of
0:16.4	folks who we've been basically compiling the world's most interesting recipes, restaurants,
0:22.4	ingredients, food histories, and putting them into this world's edible wonders between
0:28.0	two covers.
0:29.0	There's hundreds of pages, hundreds of entries.
0:31.5	It is a guide to eating, to travel, and to the joy and diversity found in food cultures
0:38.2	the world over.
0:39.2	So if this sounds like something you would be interested in, please check it out.
0:43.0	It's called Gastro Obscura.
0:45.0	I hope you like it.
0:47.0	And onto the show.
0:48.0	Is the mic on?
0:50.0	Yeah.
0:51.0	One, two, three.
0:52.0	One, two, three.
0:54.6	In the microscopic town of St. Vith in Belgium, there's a very
0:59.0	unusual library.
1:01.0	We have 107 from more or less 20 countries.
1:05.5	It's not really open to the public.
1:07.4	You can't check anything out.
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