F*ck, Thats Delicious: An Annotated Guide to Eating Well by Action Bronson

F*ck, Thats Delicious: An Annotated Guide to Eating Well Reviews

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  Sara Giacalone

  This man knows good food.
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  Kevin G G Simon

  So full of funny stories.
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  DK Simoneau

  It is sort of a cookbook. And sort of just like a rambling about food. I hated it. Every other word was the F word. I deserved that. It's in the title for heavens sake.
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  Jak Krumholtz

  In the past I've had what's commonly referred to as a man crush on Action so clearly I'm biased. The first recipe is a bowl of Crispex eaten over the sink. Always good to lower expectations early on although he clearly knows and loves all calibers of dining. The most entertaining cook/food book I've read and a great look into the mind of this personable maniac. Five stars if you're a prior fan.
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  K.

  I suddenly feel the need to trek down to Queens to try every single thing mentioned in this book. Action Bronson might have a weird Thing about ketchup, but he clearly knows his shit regarding good food. His enthusiasm specifically about natural wines has me curious.
  
  
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  doyoulikepineapple?

  Άλλοι παίρνουν οδηγούς για μουσεία όταν πάνε στην Νέα Υόρκη, εγώ θα πάρω παραμάσχαλα το βιβλίο τούτο και θα φάω σε όλα τα αγαπημένα μέρη του Action.
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  Alex Pettitt

  Fuck, the food looks delicious!
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  Zackery

  Not your typical cookbook. I find myself leaning towards non-fiction / memoirs and I love food and Action Bronson so this was a no brainer. He wakes you around the world through pictures and the way he describes his favorite foods and the way his mother used to make them. You learn a lot about his background and his life before he blew up. He's a smart dude, don't sleep on this one.
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  James

  "I got the jar full of drugs
  Fridge is filled with Snapple
  Southern coast of France
  Tart fennel with the apple"
  - Jar of Drugs
  
  This book, a companion to the Viceland TV series of the same name, was an absolute delight. If I may, without making you cringe too much, adopt Bronson's diction for a moment, it was fire. When I wasn't reading it, I couldn't wait to get back to it. My nephew recommended the music of Action Bronson ( Ariyan Arlsani) to me several years ago. He didn't specify why, but said he thought it would appeal to me specifically. I was a little bemused and more than a little flattered that he thought I was cool enough to appreciate the music he loves, so I failed to ask follow-up questions*. I guess I assumed, since Mr. Arsalani's stage name riffs on the star of Death Wish and Mr. Majestyk, that Gus was giving a nod to my from-the-70s aesthetic orientation. Maybe that figured in, but I now know it had more to do with this Bronson's profane irreverence and his culinary-school-trained and professional-kitchen-refined gustatory sensibilities.
  
  As I understand it from his music, Action Bronson loves marijuana, giving and receiving oral sex, and all things delicious, whether international haute cuisine or "takeout eaten off the hood of the car." Check, check, and check. Definitely my kinda cat: a hip-hop Bourdain with a buzz cut, a Dostoevsky beard, vast food knowledge and an enviable capacity for consumption. Fuck, That's Delicious, the book, is structured as an accounting, with recipes**, of Bronson's 100 favorite, food-related things. In addition to deliciousness, I, like most habitues of the Internet, love a list.
  
  In a review of Kill Bill, Daniel Mendelssohn posited that the key to Quentin Tarantino's success is that, in a town full of desperately insecure followers, Tarantino is someone who knows exactly what he likes. I think that that is right on. Love without doubt is irresistibly attractive and it made this book an intoxicating read. This guy loves food, and I don't mean that in the vague way that most people say they love this or that eating experience: "Oh, I love lasagna!" Bronson's is a love with ardor and specificity. Here is a passage from his paean to "Bagel with Cheese," the fondly recalled and frequently revisited Eden of childhood food satisfaction in Action Bronson World:
  
  "It is important to use Polly-O whole milk mozzarella, filling up most of the hole you just made with a half-inch layer of cheese - but do leave a few of the rough edges exposed so they crisp up. Fresh mozzarella won't work; low-fat or skim won't work. Sometimes my mother would try to trick me with low-fat mozzarella or Key Food brand supermarket mozzarella, because it was on sale. I could always tell the difference. It's so depressing, like getting bad coke when you know the good stuff: Why am I being teased with this bullshit? Why won't you get me the dope shit?"
  
  *Actually, I usually fail to. It's a real character flaw of mine. I don't know how I've ever learned anything in life.
  
  **Cook-to-cook recipes that give the reader some credit for judgment and a modicum of skill.
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  Jessa Rodrigues ☕ (decafJess)

  I suppose I'm not the intended audience, here. I had to Google who the author is
  (a gourmet chef who became a rapper) so a good chunk of the book went right over my head, picking up speed until it was just a speck over Lake Michigan. It almost felt like I was at the birthday party for a super popular person I had never met and with whom I had no mutual friends, and while the whole crowd was cracking up together about inside jokes, I just sat there picking my nails and wishing I could find the recipes.
  
  If you like your cookbooks more on the memoir side of things, then this is a good book for you. If, like me, you have zero interest in the chef's feelings about food and only want the recipes, then I'd recommend picking it up for free from the library and slogging through all the delightful graphic design and anecdotal stories until you can find the recipes.
  
  So yeah, I didn't like it, but that's just me. You may think it's amazing, and more power to you, if you do. I'm sure there's a big audience for this book. I just didn't fall into it.
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  Annu

  One of the most unique books I've ever read, an enjoyable just before bedtime read that made me happy. There are a couple recipes but it's much more about seeing what it's like to be hyper-aware of the food you're eating, the memories it's linked to and the context.
  
  The design and formatting deserves an award. Great usage of font, layout and color. Bright, playful and engaging.
  
  Just fun, and neat to see a book that recognizes the joy food can give you and how unrelated that can be to the cost or the place. I'll probably never stomp around the forest in Jamaica trying to find a certain cook and will never go to some of the most expensive restaurants in the world, but I understood the satisfaction and curiosity.
  
  Not at all what I was expecting from this book and I see how it might frustrate a lot of people but I had a great time with it. I will note that I had no idea who Action Bronson was before reading this, but now I'll plan on checking out the show and the music.
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  Sarah Lee

  If you are looking for an actual cookbook skip this one, I suppose perhaps I would have rated this higher had I known who this person is and had any interest in him. It really is a book by the author who thinks he's a chef and a rapper and funny. I didn't get the jokes, but again I don't have any clue who he is, I guess I've fallen off my pop culture game?! There are a few recipes if you can find them buried throughout his rambling about his life, family, friends and any other experiences he finds important to talk about. I did start reading, I really tried hard...but after a bit I just had to stop and look for just the recipes because none of his stories were adding to my life. So if you know who this guy is and like him then read the book....looking for recipes skip it!
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  Matt Glaviano

  Might be the first cookbook I've ever read cover to cover.
  
  Knew next to nothing about the author going in; never seen the show, never heard him rap. I think you get a clear appreciation for his passion toward food, and a decent feel for his personality.
  
  Personality might be the biggest drawback to the book, too. There's so much time spent being Action Bronson that there are few recipes, and even fewer practical ones. The lack of extensive travel in my life limited any genuine usefulness to this book.
  
  Still, it was fun, and many of the descriptions of food made me hungry. For things I couldn't have.
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  Kurt Chircop

  Brilliant book. Action Bronson shows deep love and respect to all food he encountered, from Crispix Cereals with skimmed milk and bagels to masterpieces by Massimo Bottura and Ben Shewry.
  
  In this memoir Action Bronson also included some of his favorite recipes which I can't wait to try out. Will try to visit as much as I can from the locations mentioned within this love letter to all that makes Bronson happy.
  
  The book is also a visual treat with great design, nice photography and funny illustrations.
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  Drew

  I gotta respect Action Bronson's approach to food and culture. He grew up in a very Albanian household and was initially exposed just to the food he could find in his neighborhood. That gave him a really earnest appreciation for new foods and cultures that was really apparent throughout the book. That made it a fun read. I wish there were a few more recipes, and some bits are just straight up weird (the four page annotation of a lunch conversation was not nearly as interesting as he thought it was), but overall a fun book.
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  Olympia

  I just got upgraded from a old black and white e-reader to a A**z*n Tablet for Christmas so it’s going to be cook books, art books, comic books and books with hella pictures for the foreseeable future. (Or until my free trial of K***le Unlimited runs out)
  
  Anyway, have you ever met anyone who loves food like AB? He gets distracted talking about food by talking about other food. When he’s talking about feta cheese with satsumas and then sidetracks to that roasted chicken that’s marinated in feta brine. I moaned yum out loud. F**k that sounds delicious!
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  Courtney

  I found this book in the cook book section but honestly it's more of a food memoir with a couple of recipes chucked in. That doesn't make anything more or less, in fact, the anecdotes are what makes this book. That and the way Action Bronson talks about food.
  
  The layout is fresh and fun. Great use of style, font and colour, every page holds something new and that really keeps the book from becoming stale. If you're a fan of the show, you're definitely going to be a fan of this book.
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  Kate Cronin

  I can't say I learned anything ground breaking from this book, aside from perhaps the names for some traditional Albanian foods, but Action's life story of growing up in his dad's restaurant, falling into a rap career and touring the world, working in the food world, all the while holding tight to his own strong opinions about what is good, while being open to trying all kinds of new foods, makes for a very fun read. The photos definitely qualify as food porn. Highly enjoyable!
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  Dillon Stewart

  Funny devotional to a love of food. It's not self-important. Doesn't take itself too seriously. A Lemon Iced Tea Snapple is given the same amount of importance as some of finest and most exotic cuisines. At times difficult to read because it's written exactly like he talks, which doesn't look as good on the page as it sounds. Overall a fun coffee table book with some simple recipes.
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  Cate

  I was originally quite intrigued by the title of this book. But after a friend came over and we perused it, I was no longer anxious to read much more. This is just the ramblings of a guy who seems to really enjoy his food. I was quite thoroughly unimpressed. I'm glad I simply borrowed it from the library, and didn't waste my money on it.
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  Sheryl Kirby

  This is a fun autobiography by a man who truly loves food... all of it, from junk food to truffles. Bronson travels as a musician allow him to try new foods from all over the world, and he does so with gusto.
  
  Read a full review on Food book Feast:
  http://www.foodbookfeast.com/2018/04/...
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  Stephanie

  With a forward by Mario Batali and the book about a chef, controversial rapper & wrestler, I didn’t expect much and wasn’t disappointed. I read this so you don’t have to. It has some recipes but the book is more a memoir & the food & places he likes to eat at. I’d say it’s the guide to a heart attack.
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  John Medeiros

  Quite possibly the worst book I ever read. The recipes are not remarkable at all and he provides little to no insight into what inspires his interest in the foods he writes about. He comes across as a legend in his own mind and in my opinion that’s exactly where he should stay.
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  Morane

  Going through action’s life and love of food…
  This book makes you wanna travel, cook and eat - couldn’t expect less from him.
  And to really experience it, I tried a bunch of recipes that are in the book and they really are as amazing as simple.
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  Wdmoor

  Good, silly fun. You will want to rip the pictures of food out and eat them on the spot. I think I gained five ponds just reading this book.
  
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  Bluesun2600

  A little all over the place, but has some really good dishes in it. He's a tad on the crass side in keeping with his title. But, he does know how to eat well when he wants to.