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STEVEN BERKOFF'S latest book, 'MY LIFE IN FOOD' is a gastronomic rollercoaster in which the master storyteller chomps his way around the world relishing every last morsel and marvelling at the wonderful sights and sounds along the way.
The Sunday Telegraph: “ My Life in Food by Steven Berkoff: as unlikely titles go, it's right up there with My Life in Pantomime by Gordon Brown and, I don't know, My Life in 19th-Century English Watercolour by Slash. Of course everyone's got to eat, but Berkoff - 71 years old this year, although he looks about 40 - has always seemed the kind of sinewy, whippy bloke who survives on a lettuce leaf, a fag and a few squirts of adrenaline….I have to say, I haven't enjoyed a book this much for ages.”
The delicious journey takes him from his mother’s kitchen and the simple café tables of his native post-war East End to the glamourous haute cuisine of five star hotels around the world. He takes us on a journey to find the perfect deli, the best sushi, the rarest meat; he devotes entire chapters to the tomato, the bagel; he describes the clientele with characteristic accuracy and he let us in on the secret of perfect chicken soup.
'MY LIFE IN FOOD' available from:
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