false 126258 2 One day we woke up and realized that our macaroni had become pasta, that our Wonder Bread had been replaced by organic whole wheat, that sushi was fast food, and that our tomatoes were heirlooms. How did all this happen, and who made it happen? <i>The United States of Arugula </i>is the rollicking, revealing chronicle of how gourmet eating in America went from obscure to pervasive, thanks to the contributions of some outsized, opinionated iconoclasts who couldn't abide the status quo.<br><i>Vanity Fair </i>writer David Kamp chronicles this amazing transformation, from the overcooked vegetables and scary gelatin salads of yore to our current heyday of free-range chickens, extra-virgin olive oil, <i>Iron Chef</i>, Whole Foods, Starbucks, and that breed of human known as the foodie. In deft fashion, Kamp conjures up vivid images of the Big Three, the lodestars who led us out of this culinary wilderness: James Beard, the hulking, bald, flamboyant Oregonian who made the case for American cookery; Julia Child, the towering, warbling giantess who demystified French cuisine for Americans; and Craig Claiborne, the melancholy, sexually confused Mississippian who all but invented food journalism at the <i>New York Times</i>. The story continues onward with candid, provocative commentary from the food figures who prospered in the Big Three's wake: Alice Waters and Jeremiah Tower of Berkeley's Chez Panisse, Wolfgang Puck and his L.A. acolytes, the visionary chefs we know by one name (Emeril, Daniel, Mario, Jean-Georges), the Williams in Williams-Sonoma, the Nima in Niman Ranch, both Dean <i>and</i> DeLuca, and many others.<br>A rich, frequently uproarious stew of culinary innovation, flavor revelations, balsamic pretensions, taste-making luminaries, food politics, and kitchen confidences, <i>The United States of Arugula </i>is the remarkable history of <i>the</i> cultural success story of our era. 121600 12 9 2006 The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation total:1006|5:165|4:395|3:338|2:89|1:19| 1006 3616 1901 270 2 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 26 15:58:01 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 18 09:43:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 11:09:46 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 11:42:18 -0700 2008
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