Re: [london.food] Katsu!

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From: Rev Simon Rumble
Subject: Re: [london.food] Katsu!
Date: 10:53 on 13 Jul 2005

Hmmm, a few books there that look worth checking out.  I've just bought
two of Bourdain's crime novels, because I enjoyed his food books so
much.  Might end up buying his bistro cookbook too, though not before I
buy one of the Moro ones...

On 13/7/2005, "Simon Wistow" <simon@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:

>Any other reccomendations (he says, in full on work avoidance mode)?

No self-respecting foodie geek can be without McGee's On Food and
Cooking.    It describes what's really going on when you're cooking
food, just the kinda thing a geek finds interesting but also will
greatly improve your cooking.

I haven't got the new edition yet, but the original is nothing short of
incredible.  The level of detail of a good O'Reilly book, about food.

http://www.rumble.net/blog/index.cgi/food/onfoodandcooking.html

Anyone wanna buy my original edition so I can justify buying the new one?
 Make me an offer.

There's stuff above here

Re: [london.food] Katsu! Simon Wistow 10:47 on 13 Jul 2005
I noticed that you had a link to this article by Jeffrey Steingarten
- Rev Simon Rumble 10:53 on 13 Jul 2005
  Hmmm, a few books there that look worth checking out. I've just bought
- Tom Sulston 11:05 on 13 Jul 2005
  Yes. On the other hand, Bourdain's fiction is pretty ropey. Which is a
  - Simon Wistow 11:15 on 13 Jul 2005
    Oh.
    - too deep to show

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