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| The Man Who Ate Everything | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeffrey Steingarten
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 10936
Media: Paperback
Edition: Vintage Books ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0375702024
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.0130207
EAN: 9780375702020
ASIN: 0375702024
Publication Date: October 27, 1998
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 He's been there and eaten that September 18, 2008
A wonderful book by the senior judge of Iron Chef America.Steingarten as food editor for Vogue has had the opportunity to explore many cuisines and has praises and problems for all of them. Well written the book is often humerous and always informative. There is the almost ever present happy attitude in the book that seems to say "they pay me for doing and generally enjoying all of this, life is sweet." There is also the logical training he has had as a lawyer that gives the book a unique perspective missing in most food books. I think the logic of his approach is often stymied by the very subjective and emotional topic that is food. This built in conflict is often the source of the books humor. Well worth reading if you never watch Iron Chef but an absolute must read if you do.
Deliciously fabulous! March 26, 2008
Mr. Steingarten should be awarded for writing this book.
I searched in vain for an email address so I could tell him directly how much I enjoyed his book. Leaving a short review here is my own way of saying THANK YOU. I could not have picked up a better companion for my two-month stay in Hanoi, where I went to study Vietnamese cuisine. Hours of very well written stories and good laughs.
Anabela
Better Than a Midnight Snack March 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book of short articles is just the thing for bedside reading. Charming,witty, and lots of fun in the world of food. It's a "pick-up put-down" book to settle you down for a great nights sleep.
 Funny, maybe - nutritionally responsible not! March 2, 2008
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
This may be a mildy entertaining and informative book on food around the world, but to make such wide claims as salad consumption leading to death is absurd. Steingarten obviously loves food and food high in fat, calories and cholesterol so this book will certainly make you, and himself, feel better about eating these foods, that is until you keel over from a heart attack. His advice on nutrition is out-dated, selectively researched and all together wrong in many areas. Please use caution when taking health advice from somone who spends days, weeks and a lifetime searching for the best french fry or ice cream cone.
I can't get enough! January 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Though I've followed Jeffrey Steingarten's column in Vogue magazine ever since I first came across it, I hadn't realized that he'd published two books, both compilations of his essays in Vogue. I must say, I'm addicted. Having read both The Man Who Ate Everything, and It Must Have Been Something I ate, I am reduced to "googling" to find more Steingarten gems. Alas, the closest thing was his Q&A on egullet.com
Perhaps the fact that I'm a food junkie (despite bordering on veganism) colors this review, I still appreciate the witty writing and almost exhaustive research and thought that went into each essay. Not only is he a wonderful writer, researcher, his passion of food is infectious.
I highly recommend any Steingarten book.
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