The A-Z of Eating Out - Hardcover

Plenty to savour - this modern overview covers everything from Escoffier to greasy spoons, dress codes to liquid lunches. --GQ Magazine

The perfect guide to wine lists, invitations, formal dinners, conversation, chips and champagne, as well as food poisoning, liquid lunch, and solo dining. --Daily Telegraph

From tipping and tap water to dress code and 'going Dutch', it's bestselling novelist and restaurant critic Joseph Connolly's essential dining guide. --The Lady

Saucily, and with relish, the etiquette of eating out is explained by an expert who subverts the formalities of foodism and indulges the pleasures of dining. --The Times

A wonderful book! I read it with pleasure and amusement in one sitting. It's also an important instruction manual for any restaurateur and any would-be restaurateur. --Sir Terence Conran

Reading this book, you get a strong impression of what it would be like to sit across from Connolly in a restaurant, and by the time you get to 'P' for 'Pudding', you'll be pleased you've spent some time with him. --Mail on Sunday

Hilarious ... the perfect gift for foodies. --Stylist

Lively, witty and affectionate. --Ham & High Gazette

Witty ... From foraging to brunch, from fine dining to pop-ups, all the latest topics are dissected. I recommend it to anyone who likes to dine out. --Management Today

A little gem ... witty and indispensable. --My London Lifestyle

Diners will delight in Connolly's how-to guide for eating out. --The Mayfair Magazine

Joseph Connolly is the bestselling author of more than ten novels - including Poor Souls (1995), It Can't Go On (2000) and England's Lane (2012) - and numerous works of non-fiction, among them biographies of P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome K. Jerome, and a pioneering guide to the collecting of modern first editions. He is a regular reviewer of restaurants and a dedicated champion of eating out. Connolly was for many years the proprietor of the Flask Bookshop in Hampstead, London.