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A Greedy Man In A Hungry World: How (almost) Everything You Thought You Knew About Food Is Wrong (2013)

by Jay Rayner(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

William Collins

review 1: Ok, a bit light on science, too much lazy condemning of fat, as all journalists do, always linking fat with junk food, yes, there is fat in junk food, but it's the carbohydrates that make humans fat, the only bad fat is trans fat. He writes that he lost weight by giving up carbs...this is said in one sentence and never referred to again. If so much land wasn't put aside for all the sugar beet and wheat for cakes, pasta and bread things might be better...eat less grains, people, more veg and eggs and yes, meat and dairy, but in sensible amounts. Don't blame meat for the obesity problem or resort to lazy cliches as this man sometimes does.
review 2: Jay Rayner's mum (Claire) and dad used to frequent the haberdashery department of John Lewis, Oxford Street, whi... morech I used to visit to buy embroidery thread. I felt, therefore, I had some sort of homespun connection with the Rayners. Well, that must have been with my namesake (with an 'i') only. Disappointment pervaded my spirit when I read Rayner's treatise on solving the world's hunger problem: GM production, '60s style intensive farming. His vision of agriculture lacks sufficient scientific and ecological analysis. It's based on economic tenets. Will Rayner reappraise his study when the food he gets served in fancy restaurants fails to tickle his palate? Or is it simply volume over quality?Either way, he needs to go back to the drawing boards and write a reappraisal. Jay, old bean, you've got it wrong. less

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