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
I've only read Sense of an Ending and liked it so I'll give this one a go. He's quite prolific.
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