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'Witty and erudite each essay is the work of an obsessive with his desires fulfilled'
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'Hilarious, quixotic, obsessive, Steingarten is a hero. He's nuts, but he's a hero'
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For all that Steingarten plays up his obsessive eccentricity, what he sets out to do is fundamentally & profoundly sane. "It must've been something I ate" refers to his observation that people who wake up in the morning feeling nauseated and weary tend to blame their food. Well, Steingarten wants to wake up in the mornings feeling happy, refreshed, full of appetite for the day ahead and full of fond remembrance of the day before - and food, for him, is at the centre of things. These essays are about particular foodstuffs but they're universally about the search for sanity, by which he means a passionate effort to make the most of life, to get the most joy possible out of it. What he focuses on is food but other things are clearly as important to him, like learning about the world and writing about it. He's funny, witty and good humoured, and a good lesson on how those three qualities are quite different (and quite wonderful in combination).
An absolute treat, even if you've no interest in food and have never been hungry or thirsty in your life. If you have been, it's even better.
An absolute treat, even if you've no interest in food and have never been hungry or thirsty in your life. If you have been, it's even better.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Well, it's certainly the best food book I've ever read, and knocks everybody else, including my old favourites, into a cocked hat. Every one of his stories or investigations is an eye-opener that can also make you laugh aloud whilst learning fascinating stuff;I quote him all the time, and have become rather an expert in many people's eyes on caviar, bread, bluefin vs yellowfin tuna, the ultimate gratin, salt(FABULOUS!)and the lesion in the brain that can cause excessive interest in good food . He is the cleverest and most entertaining food writer of our time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A move on from "the man who ate everything". He is older and wiser and it shows in this quality writing.
By now we know what to expect... andwe are ravenous.
The humour is more thought out and drier. Sometimes it hits you with the last word of a paragraph, powerful stuff.
The writing is excellent of course and the information is very useful, provocative and always stimulating.
Personally i find it difficult to read this book anytime but right after or just before a meal!
By now we know what to expect... andwe are ravenous.
The humour is more thought out and drier. Sometimes it hits you with the last word of a paragraph, powerful stuff.
The writing is excellent of course and the information is very useful, provocative and always stimulating.
Personally i find it difficult to read this book anytime but right after or just before a meal!
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Funny, obsessive, delightful
This book (and its companion) is a reprint about Jeffrey Steingarten's food obsessions in handy bite-size chapters. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2004 by Merlin
A Foodie Feast
Steingarten is witty, erudite and opinionated. Above all, though, he is obsessive (and I mean that in the nicest possible way). Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2003 by Christine Ashby
A man on a mission
I eagerly awaited the release of this second book having thoroughly enjoyed the first. In this book it is more of the same. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2002 by Mr. Raj Mehra
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