*** nice recipes; of course the classics tempt me most (cold sesame noodles, for example)

**** very well done

** some interesting parts, but not as good as footsteps

*** some nice tips

***** fascinating

**** quirky and informative

*** concise, well-written

***** what a great writer! I want to read all his books.

**** the working-class proust and proto-houellebecq...some aphoristic gems

*** very strange

***** great philosopher, great writer, great book

*** very short excerpts; nice selection; more an anthology of writing than an anthology of science; good personality profiles

alternates between being condescending, glib, and incomprehensible...some of the worst science writing ever

**** thought caught in the act

no match for kermit

third time!

*** more good stuff

***** best wine book ever written!

from changeux below

***** france's top neuroscientist offers his synthesis; lots of striking insights; good graphics

***** how a restaurant works, in detail; this book is fascinating; you get the names and backgrounds of everyone from porter to saucier

***** very funny and witty; "zombic hunch" is ridiculed; the "tuned deck" metaphor is apt: card tricks shed light on consciousness!

* underwhelming enfant terrible corresponds with overprivileged would-be philosophe; sparks fly—not

***** "massivley reentrant"; "degeneracy" it's all here!

***** cutting edge brain science; nice tie-in with spinoza; last chapter disappoints

***** hilarious and brilliant!

***** how neurons work, in detail; very well explained