The Man Who Ate Everything

Author: Jeffrey Steingarten

Jeffrey Steingarten is to food writing what Bill Bryson is to travel writing. Whether he is hymning the joys of the perfect chip, discussing the taste of beef produced from Japanese cows which are massaged daily and fed on sake, or telling us the scientific reasons why salad is a ‘silent killer’, his humour and his love of good food never fail. The questions he asks (like….Read More

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