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Sausage in a Basket: The Great British Book of How Not to Eat by: Martin Lampen List Price: £10.99 City Travel Guides Price: £7.14 You Save: £3.85 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780747589181 ISBN: 0747589186 Label: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: October 08, 2007 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Studio: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sales Rank: 54851 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: Martin Lampen was born in 1973. And in none of the four decades in which he's lived and dined in Britain has he eaten a single truly great meal. Why should this be so? Is it because we Brits regard any artificial drink with pineapple or mango flavouring as 'tropical'? Could it be something to do with our penchant for crinkle-cut crisps? And just why are British breadcrumbs yellow in a way that no natural substance is?Branded posh as a child for having a Club biscuit and a Mint Viscount in his packed lunch, Martin Lampen cannot promise to answer all of these complex cultural questions, but what he does give us is an indispensable and laugh-out-loud-funny A-Z guide to the not-so-wondrous world of British cuisine.All the joys and tragedies of British food are in here, from railway buffet cars and lamb shanks to coronation chicken and fruits of the forest. The book also contains tips on how to digest a scotch egg, how to converse at a dinner party, how to survive the annual family barbecue and what to order in a 'hummus bar'.This is a hilarious, nostalgic and irreverant look at British cuisine past and present in all its flavourless, stodgy splendour. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Just one big moan!I bought this book because of the Amazon rave reviews I read - silly me - now I'm guessing they were all written by the author's mates! The book is just one big moan. I would give it no stars if I could. Rating:  - Chuckles In A Basket!Not a book to be taken at all seriously but a must for all fans of comic writing! The image of the authors family bbq was especially hilarious, and had me quite literally clutching my sides. This very likeable guy has a gift for taking the p*ss which is particularly refreshing, as lets face it, the `foodies' have had more than enough shelf space to date! Forget the negative comparisons with Nigel Slaters `Toast' book. In my opinion the people who have made this comparison have completely missed the point of `Sausage In A Basket'. For goodness sake, Nigel Slater is a (very talented) chef, therefore if you want a `grown up' yet gently humorous book about food written by someone who clearly knows an awful lot about it, then go and read his ... Read More: Rating:  - Has this man got a hatred for all foods!!!Totally in agreement with most of the reviews on this book, a load of old tripe...As i started getting into it i felt myself getting more annoyed with every section he writes about.. God do you eat ANYTHING? I am a chef and found his sarcastic ignorant comments on what seems all the food ever known to man quite insulting. Its not a patch on Nigels Toast ! Rating: - Don't do itI clearly made a massive mistake. I thought this was a book one could pick up, start at the beginning and read to the end in a, sort of fluid, entertained fashion. I do not read too much fiction, so I was not expecting a story, but something I could "get into" and give me a few chuckles to boot. It is, quite simply, rubbish. I have got about 30% through it and am planning to give up. My time is too precious. It's not funny, it's not well written, really not good at all. Mr. Lampen aspires to dry wit but only succeeds in coming across as unskilled, pretentious and not at all engaging. If you want a book about food, that will amuse you and make you want to read more and finish it read Nigel Slater's Toast. ... Read More: Rating: - PretentiousI 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. |
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