Wasted Calories and Ruined Nights A Journey Deeper Into Dining Hell

Paperback (04 Oct 2018)

Save $0.63

  • RRP $8.82
  • $8.19
Add to basket

Includes delivery to the United States

10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within 7 days

free Reserve & collect

Copies available at Blackwell's Edinburgh South Bridge

Reserve in Store |  Check stock elsewhere

Publisher's Synopsis

Includes Le Cinq, Beast and Farm Girl Café, and a new introduction by the author.

Jay Rayner isn't just a trifle irritated. He is eye-gougingly, bone-crunchingly, teeth-grindingly angry. And admit it, that's why you picked up this book, isn't it?

Because you aren't really interested in glorious prose poems celebrating the finest dining experiences known to humanity, are you? You want him to suffer abysmal cooking, preferably at eye-watering prices, so you can gorge on the details and luxuriate in vicarious displeasure.

You're in luck. Revel in Jay's misfortune as he is subjected to dreadful meat cookery with animals that died in vain, gravies full of casual violence and service that redefines the word 'incompetent'. He hopes you enjoy reading his reviews of these twenty miserable meals a damn sight more than he didn't enjoy experiencing them.

About the Publisher

Guardian Books

Guardian Books brings you the very best from the Guardian and Observer in book format. From collections of your favourite columnists to puzzle compendiums, outstanding sports journalism to political commentary.

Book information

ISBN: 9781783351763
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
Imprint: Guardian Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 647.95
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 49579
Number of pages: 86
Weight: 68g
Height: 172mm
Width: 109mm
Spine width: 8mm