The Plagiarist in the Kitchen by Jonathan Meades
Presents a polemical collection of 125 of the author's favourite recipes, each one an example of the fine art of culinary plagiarism. In thsi book, he offers advice such as: why the British never got the hang of garlic; a purist would never dream of putting cheese in a Gratin Dauphinois; and cooking brains in brown butter cannot be improved upon.- ‘I adore Meades’s book. . I want more of his rule-breaking irreverence in my kitchen’ New York Times
- ‘You can read it purely for literary pleasure, but Jonathan Meades makes everything sound so delicious that the non-cook will be moved to cook and the bad cook will cook better’ David Hare, Guardian
- ‘Witty, forthright and full of excellent recipes’ Spectator
- ‘Meades is one of our most eloquent and excellent iconoclasts . . . Although the prose is as opinionated and elegant as you'd expect, this is a brilliant, magnificently old-fashioned cookbook’ Mail on Sunday
- ‘Defiant, playful, and possibly punch drunk as ever’ Times Literary Supplement
- ‘A wonderful cookbook . . . Defiantly and hilariously unprecious, even as it demonstrates on every page the author’s discernment as a gourmet’ Guardian
Jonathan Meades is a writer, journalist, essayist and film-maker. He is the author of Filthy English, Peter Knows What Dick Likes, The Fowler Family Business, Museum Without Walls and Pompey. In 2014, he published the first volume of his autobiography, An Encyclopaedia of Myself. His many films for the BBC include Abroad in Britain, Meades Eats, Meades on France and, most recently, The Joy of Essex and Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloodymindedness Concrete Poetry. The Plagiarist in the Kitchen is his first cookbook.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783522408 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783522402 |
| Title | The Plagiarist in the Kitchen |
| Author | Jonathan Meades |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Unbound |
| Year published | 2017-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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