Steak: One Man's Search for the World's Tastiest Piece of Beef
STEAK. Nothing that humans have ever put into their mouths in the name of nourishment has been the subject of such devotion, such flights of gastronomic ecstasy, or such grave connoisseurship as this most adored of meats. Now Mark Schatzker, an award-winning food and travel writer, takes readers...
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STEAK. Nothing that humans have ever put into their mouths in the name of nourishment has been the subject of such devotion, such flights of gastronomic ecstasy, or such grave connoisseurship as this most adored of meats. Now Mark Schatzker, an award-winning food and travel writer, takes readers on an odyssey to four continents, across thousands of miles, and through hundreds of cuts of steak, prepared in dozens of ways, all in a quest for the perfect piece. Steak is an impassioned, funny, and enlightening look at the fate of this beloved food.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143119388 (0143119389)
Publish date: April 26th 2011
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Schatzker is a good writer and a funny one. This book is part travel journal, part memoir, part scientific investigation, part food writing, and a complete delight. If you have the slightest interest in eating beef, this is certainly worth picking up. I learned so much, especially about terroir and ...
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