The man who ate everything : and other gastronomic feats, disputes, and pleasurable pursuits /

The author, Vogue's food writer, presents his views on foods from around the globe, "low-fat products and dreary diet cookbooks," the French paradox, Olestra, piecrusts, vegetarianism, food topics on the Internet, and finally his fourteen page recipe for "Handmade American Pie.&q...

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Main Author: Steingarten, Jeffrey.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 1997.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. Primal bread
  • Staying alive
  • Why aren't the French dropping like flies?
  • Totally mashed
  • Water (and bottled water)
  • Ripeness is all
  • Hot dog
  • Playing ketchup
  • HELP YOURSELF. Le Régime Montignac
  • The waiting game
  • Vegging out
  • High satiety
  • Sweet smell of sex
  • Going for the burn
  • STIRRING THINGS UP. Salad: the silent killer
  • Just say yes
  • Salt
  • Pain without gain
  • Murder, my sweet
  • A fat of no consequence
  • JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MEALS. True choucroute
  • Hail Caesare!
  • Where's the Wagyu?
  • Kyoto cuisine
  • Creatures from the Blue Lagoon
  • Rosemary and moon beans
  • Going whole hog
  • Ingredients in search of a cuisine
  • Out of North Africa
  • Variations on a theme
  • The mother of all ice cream
  • Hauts Bistros
  • PROOF OF THE PUDDING. The Smith family fruitcake
  • Fries
  • Fish without fire
  • Back of the box
  • Repairman
  • Big bird
  • Pies from paradise.