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| The Pedant in the Kitchen | 
 enlarge | Author: Julian Barnes
Publisher: Guardian Books
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 138420
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 135
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1843542390
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9781843542391
ASIN: 1843542390
Publication Date: October 15, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Ex-Library, front end page removed, protective plastic cover, usual stamps and sticker , clean and tidy throughout. Fast dispatch from UK (2003)
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 A beautiful book September 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I agree with everything Amazon reviewers have said here but I'd like to add a word about the illustrations which are witty and beautiful. I own the hardcover version and had to search for the artist's name. I found it in tiny print on the dustcover's inside back flap. There is also a mingy little acknowledgment along with 'moral rights' and ISBN notes inside. Congratulations to a chap called Joe Berger for making The Pedant in the Kitchen so attractive.
 Very perceptive and funny August 8, 2007
For every person who cooks at home then this is an excellent book. Not least because you realise that other poeple come across the same issues as you - such as recipe book authors who chnage recipes between editions of books, the size of an onion, the role of those recipes from newspapers stuffed in various books. Amusing and perceptive.
Brilliant May 3, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Don't expect a cookbook - you won't get one. This is just Julian's observations about cooking and the terrible havoc that the generalities of most cookbooks can cause to a pendant who slavishly follows recipes.
It is frankly hilarious, especially the chapter entitled "No, we won't do that". Cookbook writers take note
Good things... December 4, 2003
45 out of 46 found this review helpful
This is the perfect book for anyone who loves to cook and has experienced the anguish of striving to match the glossy perfection presented by contemporary cook books and tv shows. It was good to know that I'm not the only amateur chef who feverishly buys and hoards cook books (thanks to Amazon I now can't afford any of the ingredients, but at least I have an extensive recipe library). It's equally reassuring to know that Julian Barnes has also spent valuable time worrying about what exactly constitutes a medium-sized onion. Written with humour and a good pinch of style, their were many times I laughed out loud with tears roling down my face (makes a change from the tears I normally shed when chopping a medium-sized onion). Great book - would go well with the turkey and lightly buttered sprouts.
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