The pedant in the kitchen
Barnes, Julian2012
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This work is an elegant account of Julian Barnes' search for gastronomic precision. It is a quest that leaves him seduced by Jane Grigson, infuriated by Nigel Slater and reassured by Mrs Beeton's Victorian virtues. For anyone who has ever been defeated by a cookbook.
Main title:
The pedant in the kitchen / Julian Barnes ; with a foreword by Mark Hix.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Atlantic, 2012.
Collation:
144 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2003.
ISBN:
9780857896544 (hbk)0857896547 (hbk)
Dewey class:
641.5
Local class:
641.5
Language:
English
BRN:
1687505