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Eat Me: The Food And Philosophy Of Kenny Shopsin (2008)

by Kenny Shopsin(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0307264939 (ISBN13: 9780307264930)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Knopf

review 1: Saw the documentary ["I like Killing Flies"]about Kenny Shopsin on Netflix, later discovered he had co-authored this autobiography/cookbook, and ordered it. It's more of the same, which means outrageous, very entertaining, insightful, plus it taught me a better way to cut up peppers. Sometimes before I go to sleep, I imagine pushing open the door to Kenny Shopsin's restaurant in New York City and then, alternatively,1) Kenny looks up from slicing onions and snarls, and I get thrown out as totally inappropriate, exposed as a faker; or 2) Kenny smiles and points with a ladle at a table, I'm one of the family and I feel warm inside. First I imagine one scenario, then the other. It's very ying, yang, like counting sheep, very restful. I'm not kidding. Kenny Shopsin isn't... more either. Good book.
review 2: I love the cover ('Do not pull'), the photos, the crazy recipes, the personal rants and philosophy embedded in the writing of each one, Shopsin's ability to deconstruct the essence of well-known but tediously prepared dishes (tortillas as crepes, anyone?). I'm not sure how often I would cook from this book even if I did own it, because a lot of the food is cooked on a griddle (usually found in a restaurant) and Shopsin admits that he is able to work superfast because he has dozens of ziplock bags of prepared stuff he throws into whatever he is making, so his dishes are really dishes within dishes within dishes. less

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