Out to lunch / Paul Levy ; with an introduction by Ann Barr ; [photographs by Gered Mankowitz].

ISBN:

9780060157845

Title:

Author:

Levy, Paul, 1941-

Personal Author:

Levy, Paul, 1941-

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Harper & Row, c1986.

Physical Description:

240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

One of the best food writers in the English speaking world, Paul Levy re-introduces us today's greatest chefs, advise us to some of the world's most obscure and fascinating cuisines and makes irreverent fun of everything from designer pizza to astronaut food.

Subject Term:

Food writers.

Gastronomy -- History -- Literary collections.

Food -- Literary collections.

Food habits -- Literary collections.

Added Author:

Barr, Ann.

Mankowitz, Gered.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

1986

Publication Information:

New York : Harper & Row, c1986.

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Shelf Number	Material Type	Copy	Shelf Location	Status
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Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Levy is a self-described ``Foodie,'' a term he and Gael Green are co-credited with coining. Foodies not only love to eat, but revel in the science, history, geography and lore of food, all of which veteran British food-and-drink writer explores in this hilarious collection of essays originally published in Punch, A la Carte, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the London Observer. His eclectic material covers a kitchen fire, an unplugged freezer and his baby daughter's first restaurant meal. Peopled with family, friends, hosts, restaurateurs and other fellow Foodies, the entertaining essays reflect Levy's intense sociability. He is interested as well in the psychological and sociological aspects of food. In typically intimate fashion, he describes his weight-loss sessions with a psychiatrist; a piece on bulimia is particularly sensitive and educational. Levy manages to infuse his work with his personality, yet is never egotistical. The book glows with his curiosity, intellect and wit. (October) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Library Journal Review

Urbane, intelligent food journalism, most of which first appeared in the London weekly, The Observer. Levy talks in these short pieces about everything in the world of food that interests or amuses him, from dining on dog in China (``What, you may ask, is classically drunk with dog?'') to an entertaining expose, titled Foodiegate, of why Escoffier and Cesar Ritz were fired from the Savoy Hotel in 1898. A dozen brief profiles of some major icons of the food world, including Julia Child, catch each nicely in not many words. To read one of these essays each week would be a treat. Binding them between covers to be taken in a few gulps does them no favor; they are too episodic this way to satisfy. For large collections only. Ruth Diebold, M.L.S., Upper Nyack, N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.