Is this the worst book of the year?


There are so many things wrong with the new book The MILF Diet by former Whole Foods chef Jessica Porter it’s difficult to know where to begin. But its name is probably the most glaring so let’s dive in there.

The deliberately gimmicky, provocative title has already generated a certain amount of buzz in the US, if you define being banned from certain US bookstores and flamed on blogs as “buzz”. The acronym MILF, for anyone who fell into a deep and restful coma before the American Pie franchise descended into cinemas in 1999, stands for Mum I’d Like to F***.

And one might argue, if one was feeling particularly snarky, that the acronym is so old as to be considered pass

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