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The book of eating : adventures in professional gluttony / Adam Platt.

by Platt, Adam (Restaurant critic), author.

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New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]

Platt, Adam (Restaurant critic)

Food writers -- Biography.

9780062293541 (hardcover) :

0062293540 (hardcover) :

xi, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

"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, he first learned that "really bad meals were as interesting as really good ones." From dim sum in Hong Kong to giant platters of Peking duck in Beijing and peirogi on the snowy streets of Irkutsk, Platt takes us around the world, retracing 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, The Book of Eating 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."--Front cover jacket.

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