A little book of food, but don't be fooled, if you think it's a gentile book full of recipes and nutritional advice, think again! This book is an amusing and discerning look at our obsession with food and the way we eat. It presents a few home truths about all things edible.

Or to rediscover lettuce
* A filo pastry is a pic with ambition
* Escalopes are small steaks. Medallions are small escalopes. Punters know medallions are tiny but they think the animal fought in the war
* Nutritionists agree that regular barbecues are the fastest way to fatten a dog
* Bearnaise and hollandaise are French for bacteria. The English equivalent is a bowl of mints by the till