Food: A Love Story
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Jim Gaffigan
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A brilliantly funny tribute to the simple pleasures of eating” (Parade) from the author of Dad Is FatHave you ever finished a meal that tasted horrible but not noticed until the last bite? Eaten in your car so you wouldn’t have to share with your children? Gotten hungry while watching a dog food commercial? Does the presence of green vegetables make you angry? If you answered yes to any of the following questions, you are pretty pathetic, but you are not alone. Feast along with America’s favorite food comedian, bestselling author, and male supermodel Jim Gaffigan as he digs into his specialty: stuffing his face. Food: A Love Story is an in-depth, thoroughly uninformed look at everything from health food to things that people actually enjoy eating.
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Author
Jim Gaffigan
Pages
352
Publisher
Crown
Published Date
2014-10-21
ISBN
0804140421 9780804140423
Ratings
Google: 5
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"so much fun, even better than dad is fat!"
Arielle Tandowski
"http://www.anurseandabook.com/2015/01/food-love-story-by-jim-gaffigan.html<br/><br/>I hadn't read Gaffigan's previous book, "Dad is Fat", but now I think I want to.<br/><br/>Food: A Love Story is written by someone who is not ashamed of his love for comfort food. This isn't a book written by a "foodie" and there are no highbrow cuisine reviews. Gaffigan grew up in the Midwest, and he has the food sensibility of a Midwesterner. Which totally appeals to me, since I have the same sensibility.<br/><br/>One of the funniest parts of the book is when he describes his feelings towards all things seafood, or "Seabugs", as he refers to them. I have never understood people who order fish at a restaurant, because it just seems like you could do so much better. Gaffigan wrote, "I really wish I could be that guy at the restaurant that looks at the menu and decides, "Well, I rarely get to go out to dinner, but instead of getting a delicious steak, I'm going to order the fish, because I like nasty tasting things.". Cracked me up! Probably because I hate seafood in all forms too. Even tuna disgusts me, unless it's mixed with a ton of mayo and hid on toasted bread with cheddar cheese.<br/><br/>This was a quick read, mostly because it was so funny. I am interested to know if this really only resonated with Midwesterners, or if people all over the country have the same secret thoughts?<br/><br/>"
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