Learning to Eat

Jeff Weinstein

ISBN 10: 1557130159 / ISBN 13: 9781557130150

Published by Sun & Moon Press, 1988

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # F21C-02092

Synopsis:

Book by Weinstein, Jeff

Reviews: Meat loafas served in a church soup kitchenis the lone recipe here, and a perfect example of Weinstein's unusual perspective. In this collection of his Village Voice restaurant reviews, the antiestablishment epicure does much more than recite and rank menus. He reflects on the relationship between words and food (only similes and metaphors, he concludes, can bridge the gap); faults restaurants for their politics ("The institution of tippingand the economic relations it reflectsis immoral"); takes colleagues to task ("Why don't restaurant reviewers write more about being waited on?"); and braves American Airlines cappuccino. But datedness is a drawback of these pieces, all published between 1979 and 1986, and localism is anothermost concern New York City eateries. Weinstein's words can hamper meaning (as in "plangent redundancy") or entertain by intention ("ice cream will flourish anywhere; it's the cockroach of foods"). Regardless, few food writers share his roving intellectual appetite.
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Learning to Eat
Publisher: Sun & Moon Press
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included