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Moveable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food (At Table)

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This is my first book review on Amazon. I'm writing it mainly to counter the terrible review by R. Yu (who doesn't say much good about anything.). Please read and consider the Editorial Reviews given above on this page. They praise the book far more eloquently than I can.

I stumbled across this book quite by accident and purchased it on a whim. In spite of a few cut-and-paste errors and sloppy line editing, this is a fine book. It flows well from personal anecdotes to short history lessons to yummy sounding recipes, all delivered with a touch of snarky humour. It's a keeper.

Please publish some more Mr. McNamee.

I went around for a couple weeks telling people all the interesting facts I read about food in this book (probably more than most people wanted to hear!). I recommend!

Curiously unappetizing prose, as if McNamee is taking someone else's word for how things taste (e.g. "Spinach has an agreeably bittersweet flavor..."?? Perhaps his informant was actually describing fancy chocolate?) In the picture of "A Chinese family sharing a meal of rice" on page 156, the family is clearly Japanese. This really bothers me, though I can't put my finger on exactly why.