The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (507 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0805090231 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rayner began his acclaimed journalism career covering crime, politics, cinema, and theater, winning Young Journalist of the Year in 1991 and Critic of the Year in 2006 at the British Press Awards. . Jay Rayner is the restaurant critic for the London Observer, a regular contributor to G
He caps his worldwide quest with a week of unabashed overeating in Paris, visiting both new and classic celebrated Parisian restaurants till even his estimable constitution buckles under the caloric load. --Mark Knoblauch . He finds similar intersections of greed and gluttony in Dubai and Moscow, where expense tends to measure quality. From Booklist Rayner lives out every foodie’s fantasy: to dine in the world’s best restaurants, wolfing down master chefs’ most prized products, quaffing the finest vintages, ordering the rarest and most expensive dishes menus can offer, luxuriating in sumptuous surroundings as staff hover solicitously. A London restaurant critic, Rayner documents the capital’s ascent from the culinary embarrassment of fish-and-chips to enthronement as one of the world’s gastronomic destinations. He jets to arid Las Vegas, where he finds just how
Genene Murphy said Hide your credit cards. Then read this book.. While reading this book, avoid Expedia and Orbitz or any deep-seated desires to taste Toyko or tour New York City. Stay far, far away from wine auctions and think twice about booking reservations at restaurants that issue fraud alerts. Because after reading Rayner's adventures and quest for the perfect meal, you'll want to spend a lot of money for your next travel/foodie fix.With each chapter--and arrival in another city--you may crave exotic food and . Thoroughly enjoyable Jay Rayner, I have to say, strikes one as a very unlikely sort of food critic. In the photograph on the cover of my copy of his book, he has a distinctly 'mad-monk' sort of appearance that is almost a bit scary. One might, on seeing him in a restaurant, for example, take him for a professional wrestler on a night off, rather than the respected food writer he actually is.Normally, I would never make references to an authors physical appearance in a lite. When at Katz's Deli get the tongue Valerie Usowski I was so pysched when I read the 'Warning' (urging the reader to get a snack beforehand or suffer through hunger pains)that I actually grabbed a banana and settled into my couch for a long read. I happily read the first chapter about having a 'proper dinner' and wondered where in Upstate NY I could actually get a decent app of escargot. Still intrigued I read on. Las Vegas. Really? I know, a blossoming culinary mecca. The only things blossoming there a
And what price a really top experience?" What price indeed? Fearlessly, and with great wit and verve, award-winning restaurant critic Jay Rayner goes in search of the perfect meal. Riotously funny and shrewdly observed, The Man Who Ate the World is a fascinating look at the business and pleasure of fine dining.. "A hilarious and insightful journey into the world of restaurant meals."Mario Batali"Nobody goes to restaurants for nutritional reasons. From the Tokyo sushi chef who offers a toast of snake-infused liquor to close a spectacular meal, to Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas where Robuchon himself eagerly watches his guest's every mouthful, to seven three-star Michelin restaurants in seven days in Paris, Rayner conducts a whirlwind tour of high-end gastronomy that will thrill the heartand stomachof any armchair gourmand. They go for the experience. Along the way, he uses his entrée into the restaurant world to probe the larger issues behind the globalization of dinner