Reviews for Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seeker

The average rating for Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seeker based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-06-23 00:00:00 Christine Dubay So many writers are just that, culinary thrill seekers. Like Andrew Zimmern, Anthony Bourdain, ...oh look - I ate Durian. Ick. Putrid fish in Russia. Walsh starts with the same premise, but digs deeper, unearthing the meaning behind the food, and the context in community. I particularly liked a chapter about eating the food of a prison cook, a man who learned to cook in prison, who is a frequent writer to culinary magazines, but who will never own a restaurant on the outside. The roots of food and what it means to us. How it becomes more than sustinance. Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seeker

Review # 2 was written on 2007-05-28 00:00:00 Kenneth Stocks I saw this book for sale at Building 19 (where they often have lots of good books cheap!) and couldn't resist picking it up. Afterall, it isn't often that I meet a food-related book that I don't enjoy. This collection of columns were mostly previously published in newspapers and journals. The essays focus on food experiences Walsh had while travelling. At each of the places he went he tried to ingest something that was unique to that locale...from the hottest of hot peppers, to the durian fruit, to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. Many of the essays made my mouth water and I was thinking of hopping on a plane to the different locales and trying out some of the same food.