{"product_id":"9780062293558-the-book-of-eating-adventures-in-professional-gluttony","title":"Platt Adam - The Book Of Eating Adventures In Professional Gluttony - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Book Of Eating Adventures In Professional Gluttony\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Platt Adam\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Harpercollins\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780062293558\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 272 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 11\/3\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Platt Adam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49589928493361,"sku":"IN-G-9780062293558","price":20.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780062293558-the-book-of-eating-adventures-in-professional-gluttony","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}