The Pedant in the Kitchen by Julian Barnes

 

 

If you like food and have some views about what constitutes a good recipe, this book is a must read.  It is funny and real.  I am in the camp of not following recipes but just treating them like a starter for ten – which would annoy Mr Barnes no end.  But each to their own.

 

This is not a recent book – it dates to 2003 but it is in no way dated.

 

He calls himself a pedant because he is a slavish recipe follower and therefore gets annoyed by references to a knob of butter – goodness what he would say about a splosh of wine!

 

Don't read this if you don't like cooking or sly wit.

 

I've posted about The Sense of an Ending by this author – you might like to check it out by following this link