The Times' food critic reveals his lifelong struggle with chronic overeating and being obsessed by food and weight. A quick read, and an interesting glimpse into battles with weight-- small portions, serious exercise being the happy ending he employs. Good pacing-- the book starts with his time in Rome as a papal reporter for the Times, getting the call to be a food critic, and fills us in on the details of his struggles up to that point. The last section details his time as a critic, with disguises, and the lengths restaurants will go to in order to discover when he is eating there.
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