The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner Tuesday, August 4 2009.

• An astronomical gastronomical undertaking —one of the world’s preeminent restaurant critics takes on the giants of haute cuisine, one tasting menu at a time   Like the luxury fashion companies Gucci and Chanel, high-end dining has gone global, and Jay Rayner has watched, amazed, as the great names of the restaurant business have turned themselves from artisans into international brands. Long suspecting that his job was too good to be true, Rayner uses his entrée into this world to probe the larger issues behind the globalization of dinner. Combining memoir with vivid scenes at the table; interviews with the world’s most renowned chefs, restaurateurs, and eaters; and a few well-placed rants and raves about life as a paid gourmand, Rayner puts his thoughtful, innovative, and hilarious stamp on food writing. He reports on high-end gastronomy from Vegas to Dubai, Moscow to Tokyo, London to New York, ending in Paris where he attempts to do with Michelin-starred restaurants what Morgan Spurlock did with McDonald’s in Super Size Me —eating at those establishments on consecutive days and never refusing a sixteen-course tasting menu when it’s offered. The Man Who Ate the World is a fascinating and riotous look at the business and pleasure of fine dining.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Jay Rayner: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Man Who Ate the World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner Friday, July 17 2009.

• I was eleven years old the first time 1 ate in a restaurant alone.