Sunday, August 16. 2009Gastronaut: book review
Stefan Gates's Gastronaut is a foray into the extreme and ridiculous of cooking. Starting where Steingarten's The Man Who Ate Everything leaves off, Stefan explores only highly unusual foods and meals, including gold leaf, Bacchanalian orgies, recreating the Last Supper, odd pork parts, and a disturbing fixation with cannibalism. This is not really a book to cook from; it is a book to read and laugh out loud. All of the topics in the book are described in breezy, ironic magazine-article style. It's more a series of related essays and recipes than a book. The essays range from hilarious (Flatulence) to the historically informative (The Last Supper and Other Memorable Meals), and are each two to seven pages. This organization makes the book excellent reading for when you're waiting for the water to boil or the oven to heat. Or, for that matter, for the bathroom. Recommended. Available used and remaindered.Trackbacks
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