Last Chance to Eat: ; The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food World

Mallet, Gina

ISBN 10: 0393058417 / ISBN 13: 9780393058413

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 2004

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Tight unmarked book in crisp dust jacket.; 8.30 X 5.80 X 1.40 inches; 384 pages.

Seller Inventory # 35479

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Last Chance to Eat: ; The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food World
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393058417
• ISBN 13: 9780393058413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Food

About this title

Synopsis

A witty and vividly remembered culinary memoir about how eating once was, and still can be, a joy.

Food has never been more exalted as part of a lifestyle, yet fewer and fewer people really know what good food is. Drawing on enough culinary experiences to fill several lifetimes, Gina Mallet's irreverent memoir combines recollections of meals and their milieus with recipes and tasting tips. In loving detail, Last Chance to Eat muses on the fates of foods that were once the stuff of feasts: light, fluffy eggs; rich cheeses; fresh meat; garden vegetables; and fish just hauled ashore. Mallet's gastronomic adventures appeal to any palate: from finding the perfect grilled cheese ("as delicate tasting as any Escoffier recipe") to combing the bustling food department at postwar Harrod's for the makings of "an Elizabeth David meal." The search for taste often takes her far from the beaten path―to an underground "chevaline" restaurant serving horsemeat steaks and to purveyors of contraband Epoisses, for instance―but the journey is always a delight.

About the Author

Gina Mallet, a writer living in Toronto, was a theater critic for the Toronto Star and now writes about food for the National Post.