Book of Eating

<p><strong>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</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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 <em>The Book of Eating</em> 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.</p>