The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner - Hardcover

Rayner, Jay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805086692 ISBN 13: 9780805086690

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 2008

Synopsis

An account in the tradition of Super Size Me follows the efforts of a preeminent restaurant critic to probe the larger issues behind the globalization of eating out, in a culinary study that offers insight into topics ranging from the commercialization of famous culinary artisans to the consequences of esoteric tasting menus.

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Review

"Jay's massive appetite for luxury items and his spectacular understanding of food, chefs, and dining combine to make this a hilarious and insightful journey into the world of restaurant meals. I may have been the bad seed at the root of this journey, but I take no credit whatsoever for his final realizations. I do wish he had invited me along though, for the great meals, for some sense of chef perspective, and to savor a couple of bottles of vintage Krug."--Mario Batali

“Jay’s massive appetite for luxury items and his spectacular understanding of food, chefs, and dining combine to make this a hilarious and insightful journey into the world of restaurant meals. I may have been the bad seed at the root of this journey, but I take no credit whatsoever for his final realizations. I do wish he had invited me along though, for the great meals, for some sense of chef perspective, and to savor a couple of bottles of vintage Krug.”—Mario Batali

"Jay's massive appetite for luxury items and his spectacular understanding of food, chefs, and dining combine to make this a hilarious and insightful journey into the world of restaurant meals. I may have been the bad seed at the root of this journey, but I take no credit whatsoever for his final realizations. I do wish he had invited me along though, for the great meals, for some sense of chef perspective, and to savor a couple of bottles of vintage Krug."--Mario Batali

Jay's massive appetite for luxury items and his spectacular understanding of food, chefs, and dining combine to make this a hilarious and insightful journey into the world of restaurant meals. I may have been the bad seed at the root of this journey, but I take no credit whatsoever for his final realizations. I do wish he had invited me along though, for the great meals, for some sense of chef perspective, and to savor a couple of bottles of vintage Krug. "Mario Batali""

"Jay's massive appetite for luxury items and his spectacular understanding of food, chefs, and dining combine to make this a hilarious and insightful journey into the world of restaurant meals. I may have been the bad seed at the root of this journey, but I take no credit whatsoever for his final realizations. I do wish he had invited me along though, for the great meals, for some sense of chef perspective, and to savor a couple of bottles of vintage Krug." --Mario Batali

Book Description

Award-winning journalist, writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner takes on the world in this witty and erudite account of his search for the perfect dinner

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0805086692
• ISBN 13: 9780805086690
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 273