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| Sausage in a Basket: The Great British Book of How Not to Eat | 
 enlarge | Author: Martin Lampen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Category: Book
List Price: £10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 96587
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0747589186
EAN: 9780747589181
ASIN: 0747589186
Publication Date: October 8, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pretentious February 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I looked forward to reading this book after I had read Nigel Slaters version on a theme which was witty and well observed. But I was sadly let down and I can't agree with the other reviewers. I found this book to be very monotonous and not really amusing at all. It was just an inane rant. Very boring with lots of small samey pieces cobbled together for the sake of publishing a book. Not worth finishing.
Don't buy this cynical drivel January 23, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book on the strength of the reviews on here. What a disappointment! The negativity expressed in this book should have been evident from the quote on the rear cover that "in none of the four decades in which he's lived and dined in Britain has he eaten a truly great meal". He's obviously not tried very hard.
This is just cynical made up clap trap, with no real basis other than a desire to get his name in print and make some money. For example, one whole section reads: "Caremelised onions - Onions cooked in two kilos of butter. For fifteen hours." Just pure cynicism, and not faintly funny unless you have the mentality of a seven year old trying to annoy your parents during a meal.
It's the only book I've ever bought that I haven't managed to finish - it's gone to the charity shop.
 Sausage in a Basket: The Great British Book of How Not to Eat January 19, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my dad but having read the intro i decided that he was going to have to get his own because i couldn't part with it! It made me laugh out loud remembering the atrocious but comical lunchbox snacks of my childhood and the 'haute cuisine' of the 80s.
Brilliantly written, and great for dipping into, Sausage in a Basket is an amusing, nostalgic treat!
I laughed out loud!!! December 3, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
A great book - what a change from those boring stuffy books about food. This book is different, its funny and says everything we all think about british food and dining out but are afraid to say.
Any 30 something can relate to the stories about BBQ's and the shopping trips to Sainsburys.
Would make a great Christmas present much more entertaining than Christmas TV.
perfect stocking fodder November 27, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great book! I have never read a book about food in my life and I don't think I will again - not because this has put me off but because I don't think anything could top it. How very clever to write a book about food and really the food is just the starting point for some very witty storytelling - of which I just couldn't get enough of. Between the hilarious tales of family day trips to J. Sainsbury's, to a first time bubble-gum disaster; this book is just as much about growing-up, class and Britain. I read aloud sections to friends and family who have all put in requests for their own copy. A huge achievement for a first book! I shall be eagerly awaiting the next instalment of The Great British Book of How......???
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