Jay Rayner's last supper : one meal, a lifetime in the making / Jay Rayner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rayner, Jay.

Standardized Title:

My last supper

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rayner, Jay.

Gastronomy.

Food habits.

Cooking.

Physical Description:

284 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[London?] : Guardian Faber, [2020]

Summary:

"You're about to die. What would your final meal be?" An awful lot of people seem to want Jay Rayner dead, if the regularity with which he hears that question is anything to go by. Rather than dwell too much on that fact, Jay embarks on a journey through his life in food, in pursuit of the meal to end all meals. His quest takes him from oysters on the Essex coast to sourdough in San Francisco, and from his love affair with a particular Swiss vinegar to the bacon sarnies of his student days. There are rhapsodies about spare ribs, butter epiphanies aplenty and tales of a secret childhood addiction to Revels. Jay also shares his own home recipes, including many ways to transform a pig into a godly thing -- from porchetta to pork belly teriyaki. Part memoir, part investigation of the ingredients that fill our table, the end result is a truly global journey through food and our relationship with what we eat. It is the story of one hungry man, in eight courses.

Contents:

Dying for something to eat

Bread and butter

Oysters

Snails

Booze

Pig

Salad

Chips

Sparkling water

The sweet spot

Supper.

Notes:

"First published in the UK as My last supper"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781783352210

1783352213

OCLC:

1129029106

Publisher Number:

99984224493