The Man Who Ate the World
Subtitle: In Search of the Perfect Dinner
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Published: May 26, 2009
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780805090239
Subjects: Biographies & Memoirs -- Memoirs; Cooking, Food & Wine -- Gastronomy -- Essays; Literature & Fiction -- Essays
Description: Combining memoir with vivid scenes at the table; interviews with the world's most renowned chefs, restaurateurs, and eaters; and a few well-placed rants and raves about life as a paid gourmand, Rayner puts his thoughtful, innovative, and hilarious stamp on food writing. He reports on high-end gastronomy from Vegas to Dubai, Moscow to Tokyo, London to New York, ending in Paris where he attempts to do with Michelin-starred restaurants what Morgan Spurlock did with McDonald's in Super Size Me--eating at those establishments on consecutive days and never refusing a sixteen-course tasting menu when it's offered.--From jacket.