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The Pedant in the Kitchen

By Julian Barnes

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| Hardcover | 9781843542391

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Book Description

The Pedant's ambition is simple. He wants to cook tasty, nutritious food; he wants not to poison his friends; and he wants to expand, slowly and with pleasure, his culinary repertoire. A stern critic of himself and others, he knows he is never going to invent his own recipes (although he might, in aContinue

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Too much of a good thing

The Pedant in the Kitchen by Julian Barnes Guardian/Atlantic Books £9.99, pp96 When Julian Barnes's articles on the trials of the home cook began to appear in the Guardian Review, I was envious. Under the heading, 'The Pedant in the Kitchen', each we ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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Italian Title: Il pedante in cucina

Absolutely LOVE IT!
Bellissimo, davvero. Ben scritto e appassionante. Lo consiglio e ri-consiglio, a chi cucina e anche a chi no!
The relationshiop between professional and domestic cook has similarities to a sexual encounter. One party is normally more experienced than the other; and either pa ... (continue)

Absolutely LOVE IT!
Bellissimo, davvero. Ben scritto e appassionante. Lo consiglio e ri-consiglio, a chi cucina e anche a chi no!
The relationshiop between professional and domestic cook has similarities to a sexual encounter. One party is normally more experienced than the other; and either party should have the right, at any moment, to say "No, I'm not going to do that"

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