I have yet to meet anyone who hasn't adored this book once they've read it. - Nigella Lawson
Gastronomic writing of the highest order, deserving a place alongside Elizabeth David and MFK Fisher. - Independent
Here is a great feast of a volume, a banquet of a book. It is both long and rich, full of intense flavours, new discoveries, unexpected contrasts ... Splendid. - Sunday Telegraph
Like the best modern-day food writers, Steingarten's style is a mix of wittily intellectual inquiry and glorious gluttony ... Little escapes his scrutiny, humour or delight. - The Times
Absolutely not to be missed. - Jennifer Paterson, Spectator