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The Man Who Ate Everything: And Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes, and Pleasurable Pursuits | 
 agrandir | Auteur: Jeffrey Steingarten
Créateur: Jeffrey Steingarten
Éditeur: Vintage Books USA
Prix de liste: EUR 13,22
Acheter Neuf: EUR 7,62
Vous épargnez: EUR 5,60 (42%)
Neuf (23) D'occasion (3) de EUR 5,08
Classement parmi les ventes: 7606
Média: Broche
Édition: Vintage Books Ed
Pages: 528
Poids (kg): 0.9
Dimension (cm): 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0375702024
Code Décimal Dewey: 641.0130207
EAN: 9780375702020
ASIN: 0375702024
Date de publication: Novembre 1, 1998
Disponibilité: Expedition sous 1 a 2 jours ouvres
Expédition: Livraison internationale disponible
Condition: Expedies des Etats-Unis. Tous les livres sont neuves! Livraison est d'environ 10-14 jours ouvrables.
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Amazon.co.uk
Jeffrey Steingarten was a lawyer until 1989, when an invitation to write for American Vogue effected his metamorphosis into a food writer--unquestionably a higher form of life. As the self-styled Man Who Ate Everything, he could allow himself no favourite foods nor irrational dislikes; consequently, the first piece in the book describes his heroic efforts to purge himself of all food phobias in preparation for his new post. The Six-Step Programme he devised was largely successful: as a result, kimchi (Korean pickled cabbage), anchovies, Greek food and clams ("I feel a mild horror about what goes on in the moist darkness between the shells of all bivalves...is the horror deeper than I know?) all assumed a place in his diet. He became the "perfect omnivore". Now he seems to travel the world, eating. The Man Who Ate Everything deals to a certain extent with food and cooking, but its real subject (aside from Steingarten himself) is our attitude towards what we eat--what our food choices reveal about us. So he discusses the complex issues surrounding choosing the best brand of bottled water; the pros and cons of cooking "French" fries in horse fat; the deadly toxins that infest a virginal salad. He travels to Alsace in pursuit of le Veritable Choucroute Garni, to Piedmont to join white-truffle hunters, to Kyoto to worship at the shrine of kaiseki ryori, formal Japanese haute cuisine. By turns witty, learned, satirical and riotously farcical, The Man Who Ate Everything is never less than passionate about his subject. --Robin Davidson
Amazon.com
When Jeffrey Steingarten was made food critic of Vogue in 1989, he began by systematically learning to like all the food he had previously avoided. From clams to Greek food to Indian desserts with the consistency of face cream, Steingarten undertook an extraordinary program of self-inflicted behavior modification to prepare himself for his new career. He describes the experience in this collection's first piece, before setting out on a series of culinary adventures that take him around the world.It's clear that Vogue gave Steingarten carte blanche to write on whatever subjects tickled his taste buds, and the result is a frequently hilarious collection of essays that emphasize good eating over an obsession with health. "Salad, the Silent Killer" is a catalog of the toxins lurking in every bowl of raw vegetables, while "Fries" follows a heroic attempt to create the perfect French fry--cooked in horse fat. Whether baking sourdough bread in his Manhattan loft or spraying miso soup across a Kyoto restaurant, Steingarten is an ideal guide to the wilder reaches of gastronomy, a cross between M.F.K. Fisher and H.L. Mencken.
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