Description
| Product ID: | 9781783528523 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Plagiarist in the Kitchen |
| Subtitle: | A Lifetime's Culinary Thefts |
| Authors: | Author: Jonathan Meades |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | General cookery and recipes, General cookery & recipes |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This ‘anti-cookbook’ collects of 125 of Meades’s favourite recipes, combining polemic with indispensable culinary advice ‘I adore Meades’s book . . . I want more of his rule-breaking irreverence in my kitchen’ New York Times The Plagiarist in the Kitchen is an anti-cookbook. Best known as a provocative novelist, journalist and film-maker, Jonathan Meades has also been called ‘the best amateur chef in the world’ by Marco Pierre White. His contention here is that anyone who claims to have invented a dish is delusional, dishonestly contributing to the myth of culinary originality. Meades delivers a polemical but highly usable collection of 125 of his favourite recipes, each one an example of the fine art of culinary plagiarism. These are dishes and methods he has hijacked, adapted, improved upon and made his own. Without assuming any special knowledge or skill, the book is full of excellent advice. He tells us why the British never got the hang of garlic. That a purist would never dream of putting cheese in a Gratin Dauphinois. That cooking brains in brown butter cannot be improved upon. And why – despite the advice of Martin Scorsese’s mother – he insists on frying his meatballs.In a world dominated by health fads, food vloggers and over-priced kitchen gadgets, The Plagiarist in the Kitchen is timely reminder that, when it comes to food, it’s almost always better to borrow than to invent. |
| Imprint Name: | Unbound Digital |
| Publisher Name: | Unbound |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-25 |
