Friday, August 25, 2006
Insatiable
Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess
by Gael Greene
review by N. Sosulski
The title of this book by New York magazine food critic and columnist Gael Greene says it all. It seems that the books of reminiscences I have recently read by food critics and chefs have been paeans to hedonism, and Greene’s accounts fit that description more than most. Juxtaposing interludes at table with interludes with her varied amours (or at table with said amours) the book has two audiences: foodies (who will be very happy with the recipes also included in the book), and fans of voyeuristic prose.
by Gael Greene
review by N. Sosulski
The title of this book by New York magazine food critic and columnist Gael Greene says it all. It seems that the books of reminiscences I have recently read by food critics and chefs have been paeans to hedonism, and Greene’s accounts fit that description more than most. Juxtaposing interludes at table with interludes with her varied amours (or at table with said amours) the book has two audiences: foodies (who will be very happy with the recipes also included in the book), and fans of voyeuristic prose.
