461170 Fri Nov 16 06:11:46 -0800 2007 4 33 Food Media and News 0 3130324 Is there any difference between editions of The Whole Beast and Nose to Tail? (Fergus Henderson). Or, is it the same book under different titles? Thanks, hounds. Fri Nov 16 06:11:46 -0800 2007 91415 hungry_pangolin 1 3130670 Nose to Tail was the original British edition. I assume that the title of the Stateside version was changed in order to spare oh-so-delicate American sensibilities. Only cosmetic, of course. Fri Nov 16 07:59:47 -0800 2007 3130324 114020 Barry Foy 2 3130720 The title of the book in America is "The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating" I think they changed the title as a marketing edge - it is well known that calling a product the "Whole" anything enhances interest and sales. What do you know about American sensibilities? Never heard of Scrapple? Hell, it says "scrap" right in the name. Fri Nov 16 08:13:42 -0800 2007 3130670 26666 FrankJBN 3 3131891 LOL, FrankJBN! That is why i have never even ventured to try scrapple. Fri Nov 16 13:12:37 -0800 2007 3130720 105717 alkapal 1 3132678 Right, then, I haven't done a page-by-page comparison, but I went to the Cook Book Store (Yonge and Yorkville, here in Toronto), and asked about this. I got the UK imprint of Nose to Tail. The woman who sold me the book had definite opinions. According to her, The Whole Beast is for the American market, is an *abridged* version of Nose to Tail, and is manufactured in inferior fashion. She wasn't certain, but thought that there was no hardcover edition of The Whole Beast. She was adequately emphatic about this that she said they had stopped carrying the American imprint and had reordered the British one. I paid $CDN45 for the imported Nose to Tail (printed in Italy, BTW), cf GBP17, so a bit of a rip off, given the current exchange. But, yes, I did buy it. Lambs brains on toast? Roasted marrow? Salad with pigs ears? How could I possibly resist? Fri Nov 16 17:27:41 -0800 2007 3130324 91415 hungry_pangolin