The Man Who Ate Too Much China A revelatory and beautifully written

A revelatory and beautifully written memoir about what it's really like to live with the often-misunderstood disorder

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In this profound and personal book

The Man Who Ate Too Much China A revelatory and beautifully writtenIn the first portrait of James Beard in twenty five years, John Birdsall accomplishes what no prior telling of Beard's life and work has done: He looks beyond the public image of the "Dean of American Cookery" to give voice to the gourmet's complex, queer life and, in the process, illuminates the history of American food in the twentieth century. At a time when stuffy French restaurants and soulless Continental cuisine prevailed, Beard invented