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1 online resource |
| Summary |
A wildly hilarious and irreverent memoir of a globe-trotting life lived meal-to-meal by one of our most influential and respected food critics As the son of a diplomat growing up in places like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan, Adam Platt didn't have the chance to become a picky eater. Living, traveling, and eating in some of the most far-flung locations around the world, he developed an eclectic palate and a nuanced understanding of cultures and cuisines that led to some revelations which would prove important in his future career as a food critic. In Tokyo, for instance—"a kind of paradise for nose-to-tail cooking"—he learned that "if you're interested in telling a story, a hair-raisingly bad meal is much better than a good one." From dim sum in Hong Kong to giant platters of Peking duck in Beijing, fresh-baked croissants in Paris and pierogi on the snowy streets of Moscow, Platt takes us around the world, re-tracing the steps of a unique, and lifelong, culinary education. Providing a glimpse into a life that has intertwined food and travel in exciting and unexpected ways, The Book of Eating is a delightful and sumptuous trip that is also the culinary coming-of-age of a voracious eater and his eventual ascension to become, as he puts it, "a professional glutton." |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Ecco, 2019. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 10771 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB). |
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Nonfiction. |
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Biography & Autobiography. |
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Cooking & Food. |
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Travel. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780062293541 |
| ISBN |
9780062293565 (electronic bk) |
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