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Title: This book leaves a bitter sour taste.
Review: I was disappointed.I was looking forward to be informed and entertained about food, in a fond and celebrative way as implied by the title. Perish the thought! Although the contents and insights are worthy and well researched, it is also preachy and constantly harks back to the "good ole days". Worse, it has a patronising attitude about American food habits / culture and a paranoid view, e.g. in chapter about white flour, a conspiracy theory about how consumers have been manipulated by the industry, well and good if she has a lively captivating style of writing. Instead, the overall impression is dry, dreary and remote; I gave up after reading a third of it.
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