Date of Review:

12/03/2008

Published Work:

Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient with Recipes

Reviewer:

T.Susan Chang

Source:

The Boston Globe

Review Excerpt:

Jennifer McLagan's cookbooks are joyously contrarian affairs. In 2005, she published the finger-licking and terrific "Bones." Now she has "Fat." This is no quick-and-easy book featuring chicken cutlets with breakfast cereal "crust." It's a rollicking journey through the kingdom of unrepentant, glorious, and filthy rich fat.
In her carefully presented introduction, McLagan argues that fat is healthy, unrivaled for cooking, and satisfying, so you eat less of it. A week of testing left me convinced this was true, except for the "eating less of it" part. Though we are as civilized as any group including two small children can be, all week there was frequent, raucous fighting over whatever was left in the pan. McLagan has a superb sense of balance on the plate; she knows how to use bitter greens, bright acids, sharp-tasting herbs to cut the overwhelming decadence of fat.

Link to Full Review:

http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Appreciation-Misunderstood-Ingredient-Recipes/dp/1580089356/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222041519&sr=1-1