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The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner | 
 enlarge | Author: Jay Rayner
Publisher: Headline Review
Category: Book
List Price: £16.99
Buy New: £9.03
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 25334
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0755316347
EAN: 9780755316342
ASIN: 0755316347
Publication Date: April 3, 2008
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 Undigested April 22, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Sorry to begin on a wail of pure arrogance, but how many of Rayner's cheer squad have actually eaten in the places he describes? I found him ludicrously dyspeptic.
Ok, he does pick out what for my Euro is the best Gm-19 a Paris, L'Astrance - but what is wrong with L'Arpege? The waiters at Grand Vefour are not snooty, and welcomed my young children with great warmth. The veal at Guy Savoy is not dull, though Savoy's style of cooking is quiet rather than blazingly incandescent.
Doesn't he know of all the fabulous 15GM places in Paris? Most of his readers would find Ze Kitchen Galerie more approachable than Grand Vefour or Ducasse. And Rayner would like the thin, intellectual clientele much more.
If you really want to eat the world, you might start with good bread. Rayner pays no attention to the basics, and hence comes over like a whiny toddler. If you really want to know about the great restos of France, don't buy this book, buy Gault-Millau.
As for Anton Ego here, it's time he ate some of vrai maman's ratatouille - that movie made all the same points with more elegance and wit than Rayner can muster. That said, he's very funny on the hideous empire of Ramsay and its bloated, lazy dominance of world food, and equally telling on Robuchon in Vegas - these just about justify the purchase price.
The underlying story of greed is of course enormously sad. The author should stop doing reviews until he feels real hunger again. When he can love food again, then he can guide the rest of us to the good stuff. As of now, he's so jaded as to be pretty nearly worthless to Joe Public.
 Man Who Ate the World April 13, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Delightful read, witty, engaging and wonderfully written.
If you're a keen foodie, this should be on your shelf. Laugh out loud funny and frequently touching, you feel as if you're eating each meal beside him.
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