The man who ate everything : and other gastronomic feats, disputes, and pleasurable pursuits / Jeffrey Steingarten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steingarten, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gastronomy--Humor.

Gastronomy.

Food--Humor.

Food.

Genre:

humor.

Humor.

Physical Description:

514 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf, 1997.

Summary:

The author, Vogue's food writer, presents his views on foods from around the globe, "low-fat products and dreary diet cookbooks," the French paradox, Olestra, piecrusts, vegetarianism, food topics on the Internet, and finally his fourteen page recipe for "Handmade American Pie."

Contents:

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. Primal bread

Staying alive

Why aren't the French dropping like flies?

Totally mashed

Water (and bottled water)

Ripeness is all

Hot dog

Playing ketchup

HELP YOURSELF. Le Régime Montignac

The waiting game

Vegging out

High satiety

Sweet smell of sex

Going for the burn

STIRRING THINGS UP. Salad: the silent killer

Just say yes

Salt

Pain without gain

Murder, my sweet

A fat of no consequence

JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MEALS. True choucroute

Hail Caesare!

Where's the Wagyu?

Kyoto cuisine

Creatures from the Blue Lagoon

Rosemary and moon beans

Going whole hog

Ingredients in search of a cuisine

Out of North Africa

Variations on a theme

The mother of all ice cream

Hauts Bistros

PROOF OF THE PUDDING. The Smith family fruitcake

Fries

Fish without fire

Back of the box

Repairman

Big bird

Pies from paradise.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.

ISBN:

0679430881

9780679430889

OCLC:

36510559

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