The man who ate everything

by Jeffrey Steingarten

1997 514 pages eng ★ 4.0 (3 ratings)

When Jeffrey Steingarten was appointed food critic for Vogue, he systematically set out to overcome his distaste for such things as kimchi, lard, Greek cuisine, and blue food. He succeeded at all but the last: Steingarten is fairly sure that God meant the color blue mainly for food that has gone bad…