The Book of Eating

 The Book of Eating: Adventures in Professional Gluttony by Adam Platt  258 pages

Food critic Platt was the son of a diplomat and grew up in places like Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Because of this, he never had the chance to become a picky eater and instead, grew up relishing all kinds of interesting and exotic foods and developed an eclectic palate. Platt takes the reader around the world, retracing his steps in his lifelong culinary education.

I had expected a bit more about his life as a food critic, and at times felt this book lagged a bit. But it was still interesting to read about his childhood and eating adventures, as well as his first encounters as a food critic. I knew who Platt was before I read this and had read some of his reviews, but I really didn't know anything about his background. Interesting read, but won't be worth a re-read.