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Simon Majumdar
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Simon Majumdar

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Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. A T-bone, char on the outside, rare on the inside and an unfeasibly large martini
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My life in 8 words: "Eating and capturing it in words and pictures"
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January 20, 2009
As a child, I spent summer holidays with my family in Brittany, on the West coast of France. That sounds impossibly glamorous...
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Eat My Globe will be released on February 02, 2010 in Trade Paperback
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Jun 27, 2009
Eat My Globe is now available in Hardcover
May 19, 2009
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Eat My Globe is now available in eBook
May 19, 2009
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Chapter 1 from Eat My Globe
May 05, 2009
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Simon Majumdar Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Go Everywhere, Eat Everything Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. "Love" and one far too rude to use here Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. That someone will make me go back to my old job Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Robin Hood (yes he probably did exist) I'd say "Green? Really?" Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. A Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Learn more about Simon Majumdar

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Economictimes, October 18, 2009
...LONDON: After travelling across the globe and tickling taste-buds from all culinary corners of the world, British author Simon Majumdar has come to the conclusion that there is no better comfort food than the simple Indian 'dal'. The half-Welsh,...
Business World, September 17, 2009
...foodie?s travel guide BOOK REVIEW Eat my Globe: One Year to Go Everywhere and Eat Everything By Simon Majumdar There is much to like in erstwhile blogger-turned-author Simon Majumdar?s first book especially if you?re the type who likes to read...
Economictimes, July 24, 2009
...This year?s Vodafone Crossword Book Awards, which were announced last Thursday, offered a decent selection in the non-fiction nominees. Of those I had read, Basharat Peer?s Curfewed Night (the winner) was moving and well written, at least in its first...
Capital Times, May 17, 2009
...global travel in the pursuit of good food -- or, at least, interesting food -- in British author Simon Majumdar's recently released 'Eat My Globe' (Free Press, $26). It's a culinary memoir that finds Majumdar traveling for 12 months through 30 countries,...
Boston Globe, May 17, 2009
...King's Rose' (Dutton). Coming out 'Eat My Globe: One Year to Go Everywhere and Eat Everything,' by Simon Majumdar (Free Press) 'Chasing the Bear,' by Robert B. Parker (Philomel) 'Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died,' by Edward Klein (Crown) Pick of...
Telegraph, April 30, 2009
...Helen Brown is entertained by Simon Majumdar's Eat My Globe, a quest for the best delicacies from home and abroad Recently ranked 44th in the foodie section of the Evening Standards list of the 1...
The Hindu, April 29, 2009
...in Kerala, South India. Eat My Globe- One Man?s Search for the Best Food in the World- Simon Majumdar, Rs. 295 An eating Odyssey of a lifetime. The Team of Rivals- The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln- Doris Kearns Goodwin, Rs. 499 The book that...
Sydney Morning Herald, April 27, 2009
...I got was a little different. In a new chapter of his culinary tour of the world, blogger Simon Majumdar gives his verdict on the harbour city's food...
Life and style: Word of Mouth blog | guardian.co.u, September 29, 2009
...Hun Henry VIII Charlemagne ...
Life and style: Word of Mouth blog | guardian.co.u, September 9, 2009
...A three-toed sloth An alligator Tim Hayward ...
Silverbrow on Food, May 5, 2009
...age. Plan's can be complex things, things of beauty even, rarely however are they as simple as Simon Majumdar's : "Fuck it. I'm off to eat" - I paraphrase, but that's basically what it boils down to.  Instead of winning a battle, Simon's plan...
Silverbrow on Food, May 5, 2009
...age. Plan's can be complex things, things of beauty even, rarely however are they as simple as Simon Majumdar's : "Fuck it. I'm off to eat" - I paraphrase, but that's basically what it boils down to.  Instead of winning a battle, Simon's plan...
Telegraph Books, April 30, 2009
...the foodie section of the Evening Standard ’s list of the 1,000 most influential people in London, Simon Majumdar, who the capital’s online gourmets will already know, is one of the two brothers behind the exhaustive Dos Hermanos food blog. But until...
Jabberwock, April 24, 2009
...b) sidestepped serious literary fiction in favour of relatively light, fast-paced reading (exhibits: John Wyndham , the Millennium Trilogy , Simon Majumdar’s Eat my Globe , Surendra Mohan Pathak’s The 65 Lakh Heist ). The Immortals was the exception,...