The Pedant In The Kitchen - Softcover

Barnes, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843542404 ISBN 13: 9781843542407

Verlag: Atlantic Books, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

136pages. in8. Broché.

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Reseña del editor:

'Barnes believes in playing it by the book. He has no patience, quite rightly, with those celebrity chefs who give their names to lavishly illustrated books in which the recipes are so sloppily described that it is next to impossible to reproduce them in your own kitchen. Yes, but how big are his hands, worries the Pedant, when a chef recommends using a couple of handfuls of strawberries. And when does a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil become a downpour? No wonder cooking is so stressful.' Daily Telegraph The Pedant in the Kitchen is a witty and practical account of Julian Barnes' search for gastronomic precision. It is a quest that leaves him seduced by Jane Grigson, infuriated by Nigel Slater and reassured by Mrs Beeton's Victorian virtues. It is a perfect comfort for anyone who has ever been defeated by a cookbook and is something none of Julian Barnes' legion of admirers will want to miss. 'Barnes writes with limpid lucidity and elegance.' Observer

Biografía del autor:

Julian Barnes has written nine novels, a book of short stories, and two collections of essays. He has received several awards and honours for his writing including the Somerset Maugham Award (Metroland 1981), two Booker Prize nominations (Flaubert's Parrot 1984, England, England 1998) and, in 1995, was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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• Verlag: Atlantic Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1843542404
• ISBN 13: 9781843542407
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160