Urbane, informative, and highly entertaining essays by Vogue food columnist Steingarten, about bread, choucroute, barbecue, fat farms, the wonders of red wine, and French fries cooked in horse fat--among other things. A winner of a 1998 award from the Association of Culinary Professionals. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.
From the author of the entertaining essay collection, "The Man Who Ate Everything, " come 40 outrageous, deliciously provocative new pieces. Each section of Steingarten's new book is a savory course of a splendid feast. Lucky for his audience that Jeffrey Steingarten is insatiable! Includes recipes.
In the classic French novel The Passionate Epicure, Marcel Rouff introduces Dodin-Bouffant, a character based loosely on Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, an infamous bachelor and epicure dedicated to the high arts: the art of food and the art of love. This edition contains a Preface by Lawrence Durrell and a new Intro-duction by Jeffrey Steingarten, the ...
Jeffrey Steingarten will stop at nothing for good food, from investigating the scientific way to make perfect mashed potatoes to what the ideal glass of water tastes like. Here the questions he asks (like "Why aren't the French dropping like flies?") will challenge assumptions made about food.
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