Book review: Jeffrey Steingarten

Jeffrey Steingarten is the food writer for American Vogue magazine. I've gone to great lengths to read every article I can get my hands on in the issues, but blessed be, he's collected many of them into two books that any food fan should not miss. I really mean it. Actually, even if you're not into food, the writing is so fun to read that I'd recommend them still.

Steingarten's shtick is to obsessively, and at great costs, seek out the very best in the world, at particular dishes he seems to randomly admire. It can be cotton candy, organic peaches, Thanksgiving turkeys, sushi delicacies, or silly fad diets -- he finds the best, and tries to replicate and analyze them in his home kitchen. These articles are best read out loud to a friend. You'll want to share his sense of humor and wit.



So it's in the same obsessive vein that WeirdMeat seeks out not only the weirdest, but the best of the weird. Whenever possible, we'll go straight to the source and find weird foods in their most authentic form and birthplace. We also hope they will taste good.