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Title: The Seinfeld of Food Books
Review: Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany is to books about food as Seinfeld is to television comedies. This is a book filled with random information in a wanton order, yet is strangely compelling and draws you in. Ben Schott has compiled list after list, quote after quote from the truly fascinating (e.g., Political Food Quotations, [Types of] Curry, and George Washington's Rules [on Manners]), to the somewhat useful (e.g., Fridge and Freezer Storage [Times], the Hemilich Manuveur, Wedding Cake Symbolism) to the downright bizarre, (e.g., the Chiquita Banana Song, Slaves at a Roman Feast, and Bezoars). This is not a book that you read from cover to cover, but one that you pick up from time to time and read something edifying, grotesque, or engrossing. Moreover, the tidbits that you pick up from this book can make you the wit of any cocktail or dinner party. As an added bonus, there is a built bookmark.
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