Gluttony: Ample Tales of Epicurean Excess

Rating:
Summary: Some tasty light reading
Review: This collection is uneven; I agree with the other person to review this book that the pieces by Baker, Toole, and Allen are the best, although I also enjoyed Buford's account of hungry and thirsty soccer fans and Trevor's somewhat poignant remembrance of his gourmand accountant. This makes a fine gift book (that's how I got it) and some nice escapist fare.

Rating:
Summary: Uneven but interesting
Review: What we have here is a compilation of collected essays and excerpts from other sources on the sin of gluttony. Three of the contributions make the book worth owning.

Woody Allen's comedic essay, Russell Baker's 'tongue in cheek' food critique and John Kennedy O'Toole's excerpt from "A Confederacy of Dunces" are the strong and entertaining parts of the book. The rest...well, let's just say there is little left to read after the above mentioned...but they're not sooo bad that
you'll lose your appetite for Gluttony.