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How rude!

July 27th, 2007 Molly - Central

Skewered:  The Rudest Food Reviews compiled by Michelle Lovric is a fun little book.  Rather than full-length food reviews of the variety written for newspapers or gourmet magazines, this book is full of pithy one-liners disparaging everyone from the mom who burns toast to the restaurant back home that serves whipped cream on everything.

Optimistically described as a book of essays, I would describe it rather as a book of quotes.  That does not make it any less worthy, unless you are looking for full-length, rude reviews (which would be highly entertaining - maybe someone else out there can compile that book?).  There really aren’t any reviews to be had here, just short opinions provided by actual critics and famous foodies like Calvin Trillin, Gael Greene, Ruth Reichl and Anthony Bourdain, as well as other notorious sorts.

Divided into sections like ‘restaurant ambience’, ‘ridiculous and exotic ingredients’, ‘don’t try this at home’ and ‘death by food’, Skewered won’t take much time to read, but the quotes will stay with you far longer.

Sure to provide much fodder for discussion at your next dinner party.

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