It has taken Giles Coren a lifetime to master the art of eating out.From a lonely childhood spent in pub car parks, peering in at a magical world of chickens in baskets and butter in little foil squares, to belching his way through taste clouds of prawn gas and chocolate air at 'the best restaurant in the world', to mock dog in Shoreditch, sperm sushi in Tokyo and delicious fricasseed field mouse in 'Ancient' Rome, Coren has experienced pretty much everything a restaurant can throw at you, and thrown it right back. Or at least caught it, sniffed it, and bagged it up for later.Bad waiters, bum tables, little rip-offs, big cons, old fish, cheap meat, yesterday's soup and tomorrow's gastroenteritis... Coren tells you how to avoid the lot, and even come out of it with free champagne and a dish named after you by way of apology.It doesn't matter if it's fish and chips, takeaway pizza, a medieval banquet with Sue Perkins or a slap-up nosh at the Hotel de Posh, there is always a right way and wrong way to do it.How To Eat Out is a bit of both.
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Am LOVING How To Eat Out (@Nigella_Lawson)
Sorry it had to end. Loved every minute. Emotional now. More please. And soon. (@realnigelslater)
It's as funny as hell, and had me laughing and crying at the same time. (Good Housekeeping)
Can't recommend this enough to those who love eating out, travel, food; and most of all, who just like to have a really good chuckle. (Rachel Khoo)
An unexpected joy. I found myself wiping away a tear as he describes a meal out with mum and dad, and hooting with laughter over the bile-flecked airline food chapter. (The Independent)
Sorry it had to end. Loved every minute. Emotional now. More please. And soon. (@realnigelslater)
It's as funny as hell, and had me laughing and crying at the same time. (Good Housekeeping)
Can't recommend this enough to those who love eating out, travel, food; and most of all, who just like to have a really good chuckle. (Rachel Khoo)
An unexpected joy. I found myself wiping away a tear as he describes a meal out with mum and dad, and hooting with laughter over the bile-flecked airline food chapter. (The Independent)
About the Author
Giles Coren has been a restaurant critic for The Times for the last ten years. Before that, he was restaurant critic of the Independent on Sunday. Before that, he was restaurant critic for Tatler. Before that, he was a journalist. In 2005, he was named Food and Drink Writer of the Year, published his first 'and last' novel, Winkler and began presenting The F-Word on Channel 4 with Gordon Ramsay. Since then, he has presented a documentary series on biotechnology in the food chain 'Animal Farm', a polemical film about the obesity crisis 'Tax the Fat', and three series of The Supersizers Go...with Sue Perkins, who does the funny stuff whilst Coren eats his way through 2,000 years of food history with the table manners of a pig recently released from prison. His most recent television series, Our Food, aired on BBC2 in April 2012. He lives in Kentish Town with his wife, the writer Esther Walker, and his daughter, the toddler Kitty Coren, who recently developed a taste for good dim sum and will thus be allowed to stay.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By C Woods
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The only concerning thing is that he appears to be mellowing in his old age, or at least trying to.
A compendium of typically easy to read, wittily written pieces about Coren's opinions on pretty much every major global cuisine. Plenty of crude views interspersed with almost uncharacteristic sentimentality about his family and particularly his father.
Very good read, enjoyable and not short of interesting opinions on the UK restaurant scene over the last 40 years.
A compendium of typically easy to read, wittily written pieces about Coren's opinions on pretty much every major global cuisine. Plenty of crude views interspersed with almost uncharacteristic sentimentality about his family and particularly his father.
Very good read, enjoyable and not short of interesting opinions on the UK restaurant scene over the last 40 years.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I liked his style of writing, no nonsense, to the point. Not sure if I concur with all his views but learnt a few things about the restaurant environment. Quite amusing in places. I would think most people who like good food, eating out etc would enjoy this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Sue Bentley
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As a fan of Giles, from his writing for the Times to his TV work, I knew I would enjoy this book. And I did, the writing is witty and insightful and full of beautifully crafted sentences that make you laugh out loud, or nod furiously in agreement. His decription of seeing a glimpse of Mount Fuji is poetically wonderful, his rant about the snivelling legal bean counters at the newspaper is hilarious and his description of his last Chinese meal with his dad makes your heart ache a little for him.
So, just as expected,an entertaining book from a skilled writer. However, I also learned, surprisingly, how to eat out! How to get a better table, why bread is a bad idea, why I should drink tap water, how to talk to a waiter about wine..loads of good stuff.
Buy the book. You can learn, and you can laugh.
So, just as expected,an entertaining book from a skilled writer. However, I also learned, surprisingly, how to eat out! How to get a better table, why bread is a bad idea, why I should drink tap water, how to talk to a waiter about wine..loads of good stuff.
Buy the book. You can learn, and you can laugh.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great advise
Good advise on how to get the best out of a restaurant.
Some really funny passages. Does bang the drum a bit but that's GC for you which I like.
Some really funny passages. Does bang the drum a bit but that's GC for you which I like.
Published 7 days ago by Rupert Reeves
1.0 out of 5 stars
Obnoxious and makes you feel ignorant
I am a complete foodie but can still find pleasure in the everyday eating. Mr Coren cannot seem to and spends most of his time bashing your favourite high street haunts and... Read more
Published 9 days ago by HER
4.0 out of 5 stars
Some great tips for finding your perfect restaurant
This book covers a lot of ground - Mr Coren writes a good tale! Highly recommeded if you are already a fan of his weekly reviews
Published 10 days ago by MissC
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enough humour and insight to keep you happy
His table manners are appalling but he's a good writer (ok, he's not as funny as his dad, but who is) His heart's in the right place (the chapter on how posh restuarants can treat... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Kludge
5.0 out of 5 stars
bl**dy awesome
absolutely loved it. every page. wanted it to keep going and going, the funniest writing i think coren has ever done - but what was even more impressive and compelling was the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by onedayyoullthankme
3.0 out of 5 stars
A book for foodies
I enjoyed the book. Maybe not all, some of it was a rant of Giles' rather strange, personal hang-ups. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bizgen
2.0 out of 5 stars
OK but not learnt alot
This is an averagely fun book. He talks a lot about meals he has had with his family growing up and some of it is funny but I have not learnt as much as I thought I may.
Published 1 month ago by Tigger's Mum
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bad-tempered, foul-mouthed disappointment
Giles Coren's witty and erudite column in The Times magazine is one of the first features I turn to so I was really looking forward to reading his book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Remy
2.0 out of 5 stars
thickness of a wafer
I sometimes feel from reading what Giles Coren writes that he is older than he actually is.
He has a particular fan base. Very London.
I remember his father from TV. Read more
He has a particular fan base. Very London.
I remember his father from TV. Read more
Published 2 months ago by a fan of Jane Eyre
3.0 out of 5 stars
Light entertainment
I quite enjoyed this as a diverting bit of light entertainment. Enjoyed the use of some more varied vocabulary in a book for a change!
Published 2 months ago by Banoffee
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