The Man Who Ate Everything: and Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes, and Pleasurable Pursuits by Jeffrey Steingarten

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    • Ingredients: slab bacon; white mushrooms; nutmeg; chicken stock; Swiss chard; ricotta cheese; country bread; Parmesan cheese; dried navy beans
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  • ISBN 10 0375702024
  • ISBN 13 9780375702020
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  • Published Nov 01 1998
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 528
  • Language English
  • Edition Vintage Books ed
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Random House
  • Imprint Vintage Books

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Winner of the Julia Child Book

Award

A James Beard Book Award Finalist

When Jeffrey Steingarten was appointed food critic for Vogue, he systematically set out to overcome his distaste for such things as kimchi, lard, Greek cuisine, and blue food. He succeeded at all but the last: Steingarten is "fairly sure that God meant the color blue mainly for food that has gone bad." In this impassioned, mouth-watering, and outrageously funny book, Steingarten devotes the same Zen-like discipline and gluttonous curiosity to practically everything that anyone anywhere has ever called "dinner."

Follow Steingarten as he jets off to sample choucroute in Alsace, hand-massaged beef in Japan, and the mother of all ice creams in Sicily. Sweat with him as he tries to re-create the perfect sourdough, bottle his own mineral water, and drop excess poundage at a luxury spa. Join him as he mounts a heroic--and hilarious--defense of salt, sugar, and fat (though he has some nice things to say about Olestra). Stuffed with offbeat erudition and recipes so good they ought to be illegal, The Man Who Ate Everything is a gift for anyone who loves food.

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