How to Feed a Dictator

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A devastatingly original look at the world's worst dictators, through the eyes of their personal chefs, by award-winning Polish author Witold Szablowski. What is it like to cook for the most dangerous men in the world? In this darkly funny and fascinating book, Witold Szablowski travels across four continents in search of the personal chefs of five dictators. From the savannahs of Kenya to the faded glamour of Havana, and the bombed-out streets of Baghdad, Szablowski finds the men and women who cooked fish soup for Saddam Hussein, roasted goat for Idi Amin and chopped papaya salad for Pol Pot. He reveals the strangeness of a job where a single culinary mistake could be fatal, but a well-seasoned dish could change your life. And in doing so, he lifts the veil on what life is like at the very heart of power. AUTHOR: Witold Szablowski is an award-winning Polish journalist and the author of four books including Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny. Szablowski lives in Warsaw.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781785788352
Published: May 2022

Number of pages: 288
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 16 mm

Publisher: Icon Books