Chicken: Low Art, High Calorie Reviewed in NYT Sunday Book Review
June 1, 2009
The verdict is in – the New York Times thinks Chicken: Low Art, High Calorie is finger-lickin’ good.
We love when reviewers “get” the true gist of our books — and Steven Heller’s no different, deeming Chicken “marvelously unappetizing.” Here’s an excerpt:
Finally, here’s a book about romance of a different kind: the love of — nay, the desire for — chicken. Actually, it’s the author’s passion for the storefronts and signs of chicken restaurants and takeout joints in London. The hundreds of photographs in CHICKEN: Low Art, High Calorie (Mark Batty, paper, $24.95), by Siaron Hughes, a graphic designer, are lovingly assembled… (NYT)
Check out the full review here (last page).
