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This collection of Jay Rayner's columns makes for an easy and entertaining read. I already like Jay Rayner's work on Radio 4's Kitchen Cabinet and The Observer (both the restaurant criticism and more general column pieces) and everything here was very much consistent with those. I don't think I encountered any life changing ideas here, but in places it was a comforting affirmation of my own food opinions. I particularly enjoyed the sections where Jay was talking about his own home cooking - both the process and the outcome.

bishcakes's review

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funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

I've always liked Jay Rayner. I like most people that enjoy food as much as I do, to be fair. This book cements that, and I devoured this collection of his Observer columns as I was eating Christmas dinner leftovers, which hopefully he'd appreciate. A small book (could I get away with saying a trifle?), and one worth digesting.

tania_rj's review

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4.0

Little bite size (!!) columns of Jay Rayners from over the years. Easily digestible (…) and perfect to read in a single sitting (sigh).

There’s just too many puns. Anyway really witty, just lost a star as the writing would make me think of something else and I’d think about that and completely lose the paragraph I just read.

dylankakoulli's review

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4.0

A glorious, gluttonous, amus(ing) bouche of a read.

And one in which I greedily gobbled up in a single sitting.

Ok ok -enough food related puns!

4 (Michelin) stars