A Greedy Man in a Hungry World: How (almost) everything you thought you knew about food is wrong
Written by Jay Rayner
Narrated by Jay Rayner
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About this audiobook
The UK’s most influential food and drink journalist shoots a few sacred cows of food culture.
The doctrine of local food is dead. Farmers’ markets are merely a lifestyle choice for the affluent middle classes. And ‘organic’ has become little more than a marketing label that is way past its sell by date. That may be a little hard to swallow for the ethically-aware food shopper but it doesn’t make it any less true. And now the UK’s most outspoken and entertaining food writer is ready to explain why.
This engaging, witty and honest narrative is driven by the appetite of one large man: Jay Rayner – someone who lives to eat, but also understands that there is a world beyond the high-end obsessions of the farmers’ market. Combining sharply-observed memoir – growing up with the UK’s most famous agony aunt who also happened to be a bloody good TV chef; witnessing the arrival of McDonald’s and Dayville’s ice cream in Seventies London; working as a butcher’s boy – with hard-nosed reportage, Jay Rayner will blow conventional foodie wisdom apart. For here is the reality: within a few decades we will have nine billion mouths to feed, and we won’t be doing that by flogging free-range chickens from a stall in Borough market.
Jay explains why the doctrine of organic has been eclipsed by the need for sustainable intensification; and why the future lies in large-scale food production rather than the cottage industries that foodies often cheer for. From the the cornfields of Illinois to the killing lines of Yorkshire abattoirs, Rayner takes us on a journey that will change the way we shop, cook and eat forever. And give us a few belly laughs along the way.
Jay Rayner
Jay Rayner is the restaurant critic for the London Observer, a regular contributor to Gourmet, and has written for both Saveur and Food & Wine in the United States. He has also written novels, most recently The Oyster House Siege. Rayner began his acclaimed journalism career covering crime, politics, cinema, and theater, winning Young Journalist of the Year in 1991 and Critic of the Year in 2006 at the British Press Awards.
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Reviews for A Greedy Man in a Hungry World
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jay Rayner presents a very humorous discussion of a very serious topic. How can the whole world eat meat and import exotic foods from long distances and do it sustainably? The answer does not lie in organic farming and local producers or even having everyone go vegan. Rayner deconstructs a lot of the arguments of the organic movement as well as the anti-GMO crowd and does with a healthy serving of acerbic wit. I recommend the book to anyone who ever feels guilty about eating fruit imported from overseas.