| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
514 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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." |
| Subject |
Gastronomy -- Humor.
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Food -- Humor.
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| ISBN |
0679430881 cloth |
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9780679430889 cloth |
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