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基本信息·出版社：Fourth Estate
·页码：304 页
·出版日期：2007年10月
·ISBN：0007199465
·条形码：9780007199464
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater's multi-award-winning food memoir 'Toast', this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are The British at Table. The British have a relationship with their food that is unlike that of any other country. Once something that was never discussed in polite company, it is now something with which the nation is obsessed. But are we at last developing a food culture or are we just going through the motions? 'Eating for England' is an entertaining, detailed and somewhat tongue-in-cheek observation of the British and their food, their cooking, their eating and how they behave in restaurants, with chapters on -- amongst other things -- dinner parties, funeral teas, Indian restaurants, dieting and eating whilst under the influence. Written in Nigel Slater's trademark readable style, 'Eating for England' highlights our idiosyncratic attitude towards the fine art of dining.
作者简介 Nigel Slater is the author of a collection of bestselling books, including the classics `Real Fast Food' and `Real Cooking', and the award-winning `Appetite'. He has written a much-loved column for `The Observer' for over a decade. His autobiography, `Toast - the story of a boy's hunger', won six major awards, including the British Biography of the Year, the Glenfiddich Award and the André Simon Memorial Award. `The Kitchen Diaries' won the Design and Production Award at the 2006 British Book Trade Awards.
编辑推荐 Amazon.co.uk How long does it take before somebody becomes a national treasure? It’s certainly happened to Nigel Slater, and
Eating for England is a highly enjoyable reminder of just why we esteem the estimable Mr Slater. Subtitled
The Delights & Eccentricities of the British at Table, this is wonderfully entertaining stuff, explaining such matters as how some of our most cherished foods are the result of frugality (bread and butter pudding, for instance, is the direct result of utilising a few slices of leftover bread and a pat of butter, rather than culinary aspiration). As Slater points out, the British have a relationship with food which is quite unlike that of any other nation -- for many years, we were reluctant to discuss food matters (leaving culinary discussion to, for instance, the French), but we now appear to be in the grip of a national food obsession, with program after program on television and -- inevitably -- a host of books on the subject. But few are written as entertainingly as Nigel Slater’s. It isn't just the discussion of food itself (from haute cuisine to the humblest of comfort foods) that’s so diverting here, but other sociological (and tongue-in-cheek) related matters, such as ‘A Teenager at the Table’ (‘The shoulders droop, the head hangs sulkily down, eyes glaring intently at an invisible spot on their lap. Their whole body seems to say ‘I'm not eating this’). And Nigel Slater is perfectly happy to address subjects not found in any other food books (such as the modest chocolate bar -- different varieties are entertainingly compared and contrasted).
This is a personal portrait of the British and their food, filled with love of the eccentricities and peculiarities that encapsulate the national character. And it's great fun. --Barry Forshaw
Harper's Bazaar
'Slater's fans will be sure to snap this one up.'
Sunday Times
'[Nigel Slater] is a national treasure.'
Telegraph
'Slater is one of our most talented cookery writers...it will be snapped up in its thousands for Christmas.'
Sunday Telegraph
'A joyously tongue-in-cheek nostalgic mix...yum, yum.'
Woman and Home
'Nigel Slater celebrates the eccentricity and diversity of the Brish attitude to food, cooking and eating.'
Easy Living
'[A] highly addictive, extremely funny and thought-provoking book on British eating habits.'
Sainsbury's magazine
'Warm, funny and soulful writing. Grab a copy, lock yourself away and enjoy.'
