The Man Who Ate the World
In Search of the Perfect Dinner
$37.43
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2009
Summary
THE MAN WHO ATE THE WORLD is a journey through the great cities of the world. It s about extraordinary restaurants and the people who visit them. It s about the globalisation of high culture, the market in taste and the money spent on it. And, of course, it s about dinner. From Las Vegas to Moscow, Dubai to Tokyo and New York to London, Jay Rayner chronicles the revolution in high-end gastronomy that has been sweeping the world since the late eighties.
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| ISBN-13: | 9780755316359 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755316355 |
| Author: | Jay Rayner |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 285g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
‘Thoroughly entertaining and often hilarious’
Thoroughly entertaining and often hilarious - Heston Blumenthal
Laugh out loud funny - Charles Spencer, GuardianA witty world tour of gastronomic culture from Las Vegas to Tokyo and everywhere worth visiting in between - Scotland on Sunday Brilliant - ObserverA genuine book… not a collection of recycled articles, but a piece of vivid food and travel writing based on research - Observer ReviewJay Rayner
Jay Rayner is an award-winning journalist, writer and broadcaster. He has written for most of the broadsheet nationals as well as a wide variety of magazines. He has published four novels, and won a Sony Radio Award for presenting Papertalk on BBC Radio 5 Live. He is currently a restaurant critic and feature writer for the Observer.
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