From White Heat to Wagamama, this is the inside story of the explosive decade that changed eating out in Britain forever. Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Spears gives you a seat at the best table in the house for the story of the 1990s restaurant revolution. Former Good Food Guide editor Andrew Turvil was there for it all: tasting Marco Pierre White's three-Michelin-starred cuisine, witnessing Jamie Oliver's first television appearances, and fielding volcanic phone calls from irate chefs. In sparkling prose and with a veritable feast of 1990s food culture, Turvil charts the decade's extraordinary transformation-from the cigarette-fueled "SAS of kitchens" to the celebrity glamour of Nobu, via the £5 recession lunch and the arrival of conveyor-belt sushi. Drawing on contemporary reviews and original interviews, he reveals the triumphs, disasters, innovations, and late-night revelations that transformed Britain from a "country of one sauce" into a nation of food obsessives. Fast-paced, funny, and meticulously researched, Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Spears is a love letter to restaurants-and to the chefs, staff, and visionaries who poured their lives into making them great. If you've ever shouted "Yes, chef!" at the television, queued for ramen, or photographed a marrow bone before taking a bite, this is the ultimate feast of 1990s nostalgia.
