My Last Supper. One Meal, A Lifetime in the Making

Rayner, Jay

ISBN 10: 1783351462 / ISBN 13: 9781783351466

Published by Guardian Faber / Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 2019

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First edition, first impression with full number line. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£16.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 284pp. You?re about to die. What would your final meal be? This question has long troubled food critic Jay Rayner. As a man more obsessed with his lunch than is strictly necessary, the idea of a showpiece last supper is a tantalising prospect. But wouldn?t knowledge of your imminent demise ruin your appetite? So, Jay decided to cheat death. The plan was simple, he would embark on a journey through his life in food in pursuit of the meal to end all meals. It?s a quest that takes him from necking oysters on the Louisiana shoreline to forking away the finest French pastries in Tokyo, and from his earliest memories of snails in garlic butter, through multiple pig-based banquets, to the unforgettable final meal itself. 'My Last Supper' is both a hugely entertaining account of a life built around mealtimes and a fascinating global exploration of our relationship with what we eat. It is the story of one hungry man, in eight courses. Quite scarce in this first impression.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Last Supper. One Meal, A Lifetime in the Making
• Publisher: Guardian Faber / Faber and Faber Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783351462
• ISBN 13: 9781783351466
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jacket by Matt Crockett and Stuart Patience
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

You’re about to die. What would your final meal be? This question has long troubled Jay Rayner. As a man more obsessed with his lunch than is strictly necessary, the idea of a showpiece last supper is a tantalising prospect. But wouldn’t knowledge of your imminent demise ruin your appetite? So, Jay decided to cheat death. The plan was simple: he would embark on a journey through his life in food in pursuit of the meal to end all meals. It’s a quest that takes him from necking oysters on the Louisiana shoreline to forking away the finest French pastries in Tokyo, and from his earliest memories of snails in garlic butter, through multiple pig-based banquets, to the unforgettable final meal itself. My Last Supper is both a hugely entertaining account of a life built around mealtimes and a fascinating global exploration of our relationship with what we eat. It is the story of one hungry man, in eight courses.

About the Author

Jay Rayner is an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster with a fine collection of shirts. He has written on everything from crime and politics, through cinema and theatre to the visual arts, but is best known as the restaurant critic for the Observer. For a while he was a sex columnist for Cosmopolitan; he also once got himself completely waxed in the name of journalism. He only mentions this because it hurt. Jay is a former Young Journalist of the Year, Critic of the Year and Restaurant Critic of the Year, though not all in the same year. In 2018 he was named Restaurant Writer of The Year in the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards. He performs live all over the country, both with his one man shows and as a pianist with his jazz ensemble, The Jay Rayner Quartet. He is a regular on British television, where he is familiar as a judge on MasterChef and, since 2012 has been the chair of BBC Radio 4’s food panel show The Kitchen Cabinet. He likes pig.