Platt Adam - The Book Of Eating Adventures In Professional Gluttony - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: The Book Of Eating Adventures In Professional Gluttony
Author(s): Platt Adam
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062293558
Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 11/3/2020