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Eat My Globe: One Year To Go Everywhere And Eat Everything (2009)

by Simon Majumdar(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1416576029 (ISBN13: 9781416576020)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Free Press

review 1: There are many reviews that criticize this book and I would have to agree with them for the most part of this book. It's written in a really bad way and the author has a HUGE problem with his ego. It's inconsistent, lack structure and purpose, and shows that the author doesn't really know what he's doing. BUT the premise of the book is one of the best ones out there and there were a few moments that I actually quite liked in this book. But they were always about places that he either knew or had someone to point him in the righjt direction, or about cuisine that he knew something about and was actually willing to give it a try. On the whole, it was just OK and I wouldn't read it again unless the author got rid of his ego or hired a professional writer who'd at least edit h... moreis notes or write the whole thing for him.
review 2: When I first saw this book on the shelf at the bookstore, I thought, "Hey look! This is a bright and interesting cover! Ooh and it's about food around the world, too! I'm buying it!"It might have been one of the worst mistakes I made that year.The book starts out with a great narrative of how Majumdar's life was lacking something and how he figured out how to fix his ride through the doldrums. He recites anecdotes about his childhood, his mother's cooking, and his general love for food. Then he decides to go on a trip around the world, tasting the food as he goes. It's not a new idea, but everybody's experience is different.His first leg of the trip starts in the UK, and it is loaded with (sometimes unnecessary) detail. (The unnecessary part is when he describes blood sausage or something of that nature and I mean, more power to him for loving it but really, the page long description was a little...too much.)But then after that, his knack for detail seems to vanish. Instead of describing each meal he eats in the same painstaking detail as before, he becomes more straightforward and blunt. In fact, he is so blunt that it almost seems a little bit insensitive to the culture he is scrutinizing. And that's just the thing! He scrutinizes everything. It seems like he had a great experience back in his homeland, but elsewhere, forget it. And sometimes he is so critical that it is on the verge of insulting.I just found this book to drag on and on after a while, and the point became lost. Majumdar certainly has a talent for some beautiful imagery when he feels like it, but at other times, it is quite dull and not worth the money I spent on it. His eloquence ebbs and flows, and it makes me lose my patience.I think if you want to read about someone's experience around the world, you'd be better off with a different book.The one silver lining to the book was his recipe for a lentil dish in the back of the book. I only wish I had written it down before donating the book. less

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