Advanced Praises for Wok the Dog

Advanced Praise for Wok the Dog

“To say that Charlie Grosso’s Wok the Dog is ‘food photography’ is like saying that Ansel Adams took pictures of big rocks. By illuminating the global human relationship to food, she makes the farthest corners of the world seem somehow expansive yet knowable, bizarre yet right next door. These images are beautiful, technically perfect, and sometimes a little bit creepy.”
- Steven Rinella, author of The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine

“Powerful!”
- Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma

“Look closely at Charlie’s images; let them inspire you to take back control of what you eat. When I saw Charlie’s work I realized that we were both thinking about the same issues. In her photographs of markets, Charlie reveals that many peoples still have a direct link to their food. Here in North America, we have so distanced ourselves from our food we no longer understand that meat comes from living animals. The consequences of this lack of knowledge are disastrous.”
- Jennifer McLagan, author of Bones: Recipes, History & Lore

“Splindid Photos!”
- Fergus Henderson, Director / Chef of St John and author
of The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating

“I do believe [Charlie’s photograph’s are] a powerfully compelling meditation on the boundaries we draw when it comes to deciding what to eat, as [she] force[s] us to take a stand on a question that we’d rather just avoid.”
- Warren Belasco, author of Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food
and Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland