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‘I adore Meades's book... I want more of his rule-breaking irreverence in my kitchen'New York Times‘The Plagiarist in the Kitchen is hilariously grumpy, muttering at us “Don't you bastards know anything?” You can read it purely for literary pleasure, but Jonathan Meades makes everything sound so delicious that the non-cook will be moved to cook and the bad cook will cook better'David Hare, GuardianThe Plagiarist in the Kitchen is an anti-cookbook. Best known as a provocative novelist, journalist and film-maker, Jonathan Meades has also been called ‘the best amateur chef in the world'by Marco Pierre White. His contention here is that anyone who claims to have invented a dish is delusional, dishonestly contributing to the myth of culinary originality.Meades delivers a polemical but highly usable collection of 125 of his favourite recipes, each one an example of the fine art of culinary plagiarism. These are dishes and methods he has hijacked, adapted, improved upon and made his own. Without assuming any special knowledge or skill, the book is full of excellent advice. He tells us why the British never got the hang of garlic. That a purist would never dream of putting cheese in a Grat

Who reads The Plagiarist in the Kitchen : A Lifetime's Culinary Thefts?

Author

Jonathan Meades

Publisher

London: Unbound

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781783522415

Category

cooking

Subjects

Cooking, Home & Lifestyle, Humor

Rating

4.13 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14