Reviews

Mouth Wide Open: A Cook And His Appetite by Matt Lewis Thorne, John Thorne

sarahareinhard's review against another edition

5.0

This book was so great that I've added all of Thorne's books to my to-read list! I loved this!

The full (and more in-depth and articulate) review is at my blog.

_zora_'s review against another edition

4.0

Short essays on various food topics, in great and inspiring detail, with sort of a quirky, all-over-the-place appetite. He really gets into ways of tweaking a recipe and why. So inspiring, actually, I went from reading about marmalade on the train home, to stopping at the store and buying some fruit, to eating marmalade a couple of hours later. Very satisfying.

satyridae's review

1.0

This book made me cranky more often than not. The authorial voice is one I found annoying due in no small part to the use of 'myself' when 'me' would have done. The recipes were interesting, to be sure. However, I found them presented in a supercilious and smarmy fashion. Thorne rabbits on about how he never follows a recipe in a book, then condescends to share his tweaked and polished recipes with you. Surely you, dear reader, will not need to take any liberties! He hastens to assure you that if you do, he won't mind a bit, and he probably wouldn't. But still, he rubbed me the wrong way. I remember liking his earlier _Serious Pig_ but after this book, I won't go back to check. Just in case.