This second collection of Jeffrey Steingarten’s food essays for American Vogue is as enchanting, satisfying, delicious and informative as the first (The Man Who Ate Everything). This is a fantastic book for dipping in to, for a lift when you’re blue or sick, or for inspiration. Steingarten loves food, from haute cuisine to meatloaf, and wholly throws himself in to his current obsession, whatever it is.
The chapters are clustered by theme, and most chapters deal with a single food (salt), a source of many options (pig), a fad or phobia (fear of cheese), or an apparent health issue (MSG), though some revolve around his search for the ultimate recipe (a loaf of bread, or the bizarre chicken-inside-a-duck-inside a turkey concoction that is turducken, or, in TMWAE, the perfect French fry). His writing is light, his love of good food obvious, and his style impeccable. I eagerly await collection three. – Alex
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