- Hardcover: 271 pages
- Publisher: Orion / Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Hardback edition (11 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0297851918
- ISBN-13: 978-0297851912
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 267,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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At his best, Gill shows how real insight into a culture can be gleaned from the manner in which its food is produced, distributed, prepared and consumed. (Matthew Taunton NEW STATESMAN )
Certainly a book that whets the appetite and an ideal Christmas present for the foodie in your life. (Tom Galvin DUBLIN EVENING HERALD )
Infuriating and funny in equal measure, but always delectably readable. (BIG ISSUE (Scotland) )
Certainly a book that whets the appetite and an ideal Christmas present for the foodie in your life. (Tom Galvin DUBLIN EVENING HERALD )
Infuriating and funny in equal measure, but always delectably readable. (BIG ISSUE (Scotland) )
Tom Galvin, DUBLIN EVENING HERALD
'Certainly a book that whets the appetite and an ideal Christmas present for the foodie in your life.'
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
AA Gill has opinions.
AA Gill likes to express his opinions
AA gill expresses his opinions in a very amusing and eloquent way
AA Gill's opinions may not be to everyone's taste, just as duck liver pate will not be.
AA Gill's opinions are served up in bite sized chunks in this collection - not a consistent narrative, something that it never claims to be.
AA Gill...oh stop it!
AA Gill likes to express his opinions
AA gill expresses his opinions in a very amusing and eloquent way
AA Gill's opinions may not be to everyone's taste, just as duck liver pate will not be.
AA Gill's opinions are served up in bite sized chunks in this collection - not a consistent narrative, something that it never claims to be.
AA Gill...oh stop it!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I agree with the other reviews that this should be read in pieces which is how I have read it. On the tube. Stuck between stops. Waiting to get across the district line and central London. However, this is a thoroughly enjoyable book and for someone who enjoys food or eating out with some regularity, you will sympathise with Gill's experiences if not be left speechless by some of his analogies. I have highly recommended this book to others and I suggest that if you enjoy just reading something before bed (or on the tube) then this is a book with very short chapters which give brief snippets into gastronomy and the world of a food critic.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Anyone purchasing this book should understand that it is not intended to be devoured in a single sitting. I can understand why the other reviewers may have had a hard time with this book if they tried to do that. Think of it as a year's worth of meals to be consumed at regular intervals over a long period of time. The perfect way to appreciate this book would be to read one chapter a day.
AA Gill is without doubt one of the finest writers of our day. His observations on life in general and restaurants in particular are both amusing and thought provoking. He is the one restaurant critic that does not seem to have been bought by the restaurant trade and gives an unvarnished critique of the industry. His put downs are hilarious and honest. His descriptions of food and restaurants both here and abroad, are the highlight of each week's Sunday Times and this collection of those reviews will provide pleasure to anyone who has a serious or even passing interest in food, drink and bad waiters.
I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone - but don't act like a glutton - just digest it in the form of precious morsels of wit and wisdom from a master writer.
AA Gill is without doubt one of the finest writers of our day. His observations on life in general and restaurants in particular are both amusing and thought provoking. He is the one restaurant critic that does not seem to have been bought by the restaurant trade and gives an unvarnished critique of the industry. His put downs are hilarious and honest. His descriptions of food and restaurants both here and abroad, are the highlight of each week's Sunday Times and this collection of those reviews will provide pleasure to anyone who has a serious or even passing interest in food, drink and bad waiters.
I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone - but don't act like a glutton - just digest it in the form of precious morsels of wit and wisdom from a master writer.
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The Clarkson of the food world
Gill's patronising, middle class arrogance and his faux belligerence I can forgive. His over-use of similes I cannot. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2009 by scep
Very Disappointing
Really tries to make this book work but from the beginning it's obviously a case of "tries too hard".
I think he fails also.Failed to get past the first chapter.
I think he fails also.Failed to get past the first chapter.
Published on 22 Mar 2008 by Olympus Trip
Disappointing
Just because a column has appeared in a newspaper, doesn't necessarily mean it should become part of a book. There is nothing to get your teeth into here. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2008 by Supertad
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