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If you can’t get an invite to dinner with Mr. Platt, by all means read The Book of Eating. It’s a marvelous memoir, almost as good as dining with the master himself.” <span class="et_pb_testimonial_author">Malcolm Gladwell</span> <p class="et_pb_testimonial_meta"><span class="et_pb_testimonial_position">New York Times bestselling author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers</span></p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_1 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_icon_off et_pb_testimonial_no_image"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description_inner"> “…[An] entertaining and honest account of restaurant journalism, and a life worth exploring.” <span class="et_pb_testimonial_author">Booklist</span> <p class="et_pb_testimonial_meta"></p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_2 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_icon_off et_pb_testimonial_no_image"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description_inner"> “Adam Platt draws you into the strange, captivating, surprisingly punishing life of a restaurant reviewer. It’s a job you can’t train for—you bring to it the life you’ve led—and Platt’s wildly unusual and gastronomically adventuresome upbringing gave him a decided edge. His enthusiasm for eating and his candid self-doubt make The Book of Eating a supremely engaging portrait of a professional eater.” <span class="et_pb_testimonial_author">Amanda Hesser</span> <p class="et_pb_testimonial_meta"><span class="et_pb_testimonial_position">CEO, Food52</span></p> </div>  </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column_2 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_3 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_icon_off et_pb_testimonial_no_image"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description_inner"> “Mark Twain famously said never to pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel, and so I have only this to say: Adam Platt is as brilliant as he is disagreeable, and at least as funny as he is grumpy. Please buy The Book of Eating: Adventures in Professional Gluttony so that Platt can just retire and leave us restaurateurs alone once and for all.” <span class="et_pb_testimonial_author">Danny Meyer</span> <p class="et_pb_testimonial_meta"><span class="et_pb_testimonial_position">CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, founder of Shake Shack, and New York Times bestselling author of Setting the Table </span></p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_4 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_icon_off et_pb_testimonial_no_image"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description_inner"> “A candid, entertaining look at an often bizarre new gustatory landscape.” <span class="et_pb_testimonial_author">Kirkus Reviews</span> <p class="et_pb_testimonial_meta"></p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_5 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_icon_off et_pb_testimonial_no_image"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description_inner"> “Adam Platt has written one of the tastiest social and personal histories I’ve ever feasted upon. Witty, smart, and entirely unpretentious, he is the wingman who will accompany you from a simple diner BLT to the foodie temples of Tokyo. I put on five pounds since I finished The Book of Eating and each one of them has Adam Platt’s name on it.” New York Times bestselling author of Lake Success and Little Failure <span class="et_pb_testimonial_author">Gary Shteyngart</span> <p class="et_pb_testimonial_meta"><span class="et_pb_testimonial_position">New York Times bestselling author of Lake Success and Little Failure</span></p> </div>  </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column_3 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_6 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_icon_off et_pb_testimonial_no_image"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description_inner"> <p>“A timely and delectable smorgasbord of dishes and dishing … this honest, revealing and funny book is as deeply pleasurable as the soup dumplings Platt learned to love as a boy.”</p> <span class="et_pb_testimonial_author">Lisa Abend</span> <p class="et_pb_testimonial_meta"><span class="et_pb_testimonial_position">New York Times</span></p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_7 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_icon_off et_pb_testimonial_no_image"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description_inner"> “It is the dream of every restaurateur in town to kick Adam Platt out of one of their restaurants.” <span class="et_pb_testimonial_author">Mario Carbone</span> <p class="et_pb_testimonial_meta"><span class="et_pb_testimonial_position">Chef-owner, Major Food Group</span></p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_8 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_icon_off et_pb_testimonial_no_image"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description_inner"> “Gastronomes and fans of Platt will savor this behind-the-scenes look at real life as a restaurant critic in the big city.” <span class="et_pb_testimonial_author"> Publishers Weekly</span> <p class="et_pb_testimonial_meta"></p> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_9 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_icon_off et_pb_testimonial_no_image"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description"> <div class="et_pb_testimonial_description_inner"> “Adam Platt is one of America’s most beloved food critics and this book will tell you why. A fascinating and fun account of a life well traveled, well fed, and well lived. 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Living, traveling, and eating in some of the most far-flung locations around the world, he developed an eclectic palate and a nuanced understanding of cultures and cuisines that led to some revelations which would prove important in his future career as a food critic. In Tokyo, for instance—“a kind of paradise for nose-to-tail cooking”—he learned that “if you’re interested in telling a story, a hair-raisingly bad meal is much better than a good one.”</p> <p>From dim sum in Hong Kong to giant platters of Peking duck in Beijing, fresh-baked croissants in Paris and pierogi on the snowy streets of Moscow, Platt takes us around the world, re-tracing the steps of a unique, and lifelong, culinary education. Providing a glimpse into a life that has intertwined food and travel in exciting and unexpected ways, The Book of Eating is a delightful and sumptuous trip that is also the culinary coming-of-age of a voracious eater and his eventual ascension to become, as he puts it, “a professional glutton.”</p></div> </div>  </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_with_border et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_pb_with_background et_section_regular"> <div class="et_pb_with_border et_pb_row et_pb_row_6 et_pb_gutters2"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_13 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_4 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_center"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"><h3>Follow Adam</h3></div> </div> <ul class="et_pb_module et_pb_social_media_follow et_pb_social_media_follow_0 clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_center"> <li class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_0 et_pb_social_icon et_pb_social_network_link et-social-facebook et_pb_social_media_follow_network_0'><a href='https://www.facebook.com/adam.platt.ny/' class='icon et_pb_with_border' title='Follow on Facebook' target="_blank"><span class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name' aria-hidden='true' >Follow</span></a></li><li class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_1 et_pb_social_icon et_pb_social_network_link et-social-twitter et_pb_social_media_follow_network_1'><a href='https://twitter.com/plattypants' class='icon et_pb_with_border' title='Follow on Twitter' target="_blank"><span class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name' aria-hidden='true' >Follow</span></a></li><li class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_2 et_pb_social_icon et_pb_social_network_link et-social-instagram et_pb_social_media_follow_network_2'><a href='https://www.instagram.com/plattypants/' class='icon et_pb_with_border' title='Follow on Instagram' target="_blank"><span class='et_pb_social_media_follow_network_name' aria-hidden='true' >Follow</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_1"> <span class="et_pb_image_wrap "><img decoding="async" src="https://platteats.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/restaurant-cutlery-2.png" sizes="(max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px" /></span> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_5 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_center"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"><a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f3e3b3e321f2f333e2b2b3a3e2b2c713c3032"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3a2a7a2ae83b3afa2b7b7a6a2b7b0eda0acae">[email protected]</span></a></div> </div>  </div>  </div>  </div>  </div> </div> </div>  </article>  </div>  <footer id="main-footer"> <div id="footer-bottom"> <div class="container clearfix"> <div id="footer-info">Adam Platt | All Rights Reserved | <a href="http://goodpep.com/" target="_blank">Website by Goodpep</a></div> </div>  </div> </footer>  </div>  </div>  <script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> </script>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-151352632-1"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; 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