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Title: The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten ISBN: 0-375-70202-4 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 27 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (49 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfect for those in-between times
Comment: This is the perfect book to have when at a traffic jam, doctor's office or any of the hundreds of daily jams we find ourselves caught. I found myself laughing out loud several times at many of these admittedly wacky but witty tales.
The subject matter was in itself a winner - he touches on everything from non-fat fat to fruit ripening to when to buy certain products. And this is the best feature of the book - it is not only entertaining but also informative...the best of both worlds. He does not have the poignancy of a M.F.K. Fisher or the razor claws of the reviewer Simon Britchky or the down-to-earth charm of a Nika Hazelton but in his own way, he is just as good.
Rating: 5
Summary: I'd actually send this man fan mail...
Comment: and I would NEVER send anyone fan mail.
I'm afraid that my review of this book will be a complete cliche - ie. I couldn't put it down, I didn't want it to end, I laughed, I cried, I gained 10 pounds etc.
I found Steingarten to be insightful, hilarious, sarcastic and delightfully neurotic. I now realize the joy I missed over the years by not being an avid Vogue reader. I can't believe it took this long for my first exposure to such exquisite food writing.
I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE TOLD ME TO READ THIS BOOK UNTIL NOW!
As a (relatively) young person, who has recently discovered the joys of "that which is edible" - I found this book to be as informative as it was entertaining. Many of the topics that Steingarten explores were more relevant to my own culinary exploits and interests than I could have hoped. Despite the fact that I do not have the same resources and colleagues that would allow one to travel as far and wide as I'd like(and as he does), Steingarten manages to truly take the reader with him as he travels, while simultaneously making it possible for the young (or older) homebound gastronome to relate.
I will forevermore approach the subject of food as influenced by Jeffrey Steingarten. I will cook every recipe in his book. I will travel to eat. And most of all, I will overcome my food aversions (especially if stranded on a desert island and everything I would normally eat has run out).
Although I LOVED this book - I had trouble reading it without a break - since these are drawn from his monthly writing, it IS a big dose of food writing, but I took a night off and finished it with no problem.
Hope y'all like it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Hilarious and impossible to put down
Comment: I read this book in no time at all. I have found myself picking it up again and again to read the odd chapter. His recipes are superb and the writing is fantastic. His comments about everything from fruitcake to spit roasting are so funny I found myself falling out of my chair laughing. I would recommend this book to anyone regardless of your interest in food. He pulls you into the world of gastronomy like whirlwind until you find yourself intensely interested in everything gastronomic.
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Title: It Must've Been Something I Ate: The Return of the Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten ISBN: 0375412808 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Art of Eating by M. F. K. Fisher ISBN: 0020322208 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 09 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Best Food Writing 2003 by Holly Hughes ISBN: 1569244405 Publisher: Marlowe & Company Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Endless Feasts : Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet by Ruth Reichl, Gourmet Magazine Editors ISBN: 0375759921 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Tummy Trilogy by Calvin Trillin ISBN: 0374524173 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 30 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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