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It must've been something I ate
First published 2002 · 513 pages
A side-splitting and mouth-watering plunge into the extreme lengths one man will go to for the perfect bite.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like being invited into the kitchen of a brilliantly obsessive and hilarious friend who will stop at nothing to achieve culinary perfection. The pace is brisk and energetic, driven by outrageous gastronomic quests, from nearly incinerating an oven for pizza crust to spending days constructing a turducken. The mood is convivial and deeply appetizing, wrapping the reader in a lighthearted atmosphere of culinary adventure. The prose is witty and side-splitting, effortlessly blending genuine food expertise with comedic exaggeration and myth-busting. It is a delectable, laugh-out-loud experience perfectly suited for food lovers who appreciate both the serious pursuit of flavor and the sheer absurdity of going to extremes for a good meal.
- Mood
- convivial
- energetic
- appetizing
- lighthearted
- Tone
- outrageous
- wry
- obsessive
- humorous
- irreverent
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- culinary obsession · the pursuit of perfection · gastronomic adventure · debunking food myths
- The writing
- Witty, energetic, and mouth-watering, blending comedic exaggeration with genuine culinary expertise.
- The arc
- Moves from curious hunger to obsessive culinary experimentation, culminating in hilarious and satisfying gastronomic triumphs.
- Who it's for
- Food enthusiasts who appreciate laugh-out-loud humor paired with extreme lengths of culinary dedication.
Content notes
- animal products and meat preparation
About the book
In this outrageous and delectable new volume, the Man Who Ate Everything proves that he will do anything to eat everything. That includes going fishing for his own supply of bluefin tuna belly; nearly incinerating his oven in pursuit of the perfect pizza crust, and spending four days boning and stuffing three different fowl--into each other-- to produce the Cajun specialty called "turducken." It Must've Been Something I Ate finds Steingarten testing the virtues of chocolate and gourmet salts; debunking the mythology of lactose intolerance and Chinese Food Syndrome; roasting marrow bones for his dog, and offering recipes for everything from lobster rolls to gratin dauphinois. The result is one of those rare books that are simultaneously mouth-watering and side-splitting.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Description from Open Library.
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