false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255968434m/299448.jpg 299448 1 Since its earliest days, <i>The New Yorker </i>has been a tastemaker&#8211;literally. As the home of A. J. Liebling, Joseph Wechsberg, and M.F.K. Fisher, who practically invented American food writing, the magazine established a tradition that is carried forward today by irrepressible literary gastronomes, including Calvin Trillin, Bill Buford, Adam Gopnik, Jane Kramer, and Anthony Bourdain. Now, in this indispensable collection, <i>The New Yorker </i>dishes up a feast of delicious writing on food and drink, seasoned with a generous dash of cartoons. <br><br>Whether you&#8217;re in the mood for snacking on humor pieces and cartoons or for savoring classic profiles of great chefs and great eaters, these offerings, from every age of The New Yorker&#8217;s fabled eighty-year history, are sure to satisfy every taste. There are memoirs, short stories, tell-alls, and poems&#8211;ranging in tone from sweet to sour and in subject from soup to nuts.<br><br>M.F.K. Fisher pays homage to &#8220;cookery witches,&#8221; those mysterious cooks who possess &#8220;an uncanny power over food,&#8221; while John McPhee valiantly trails an inveterate forager and is rewarded with stewed persimmons and white-pine-needle tea. There is Roald Dahl&#8217;s famous story &#8220;Taste,&#8221; in which a wine snob&#8217;s palate comes in for some unwelcome scrutiny, and Julian Barnes&#8217;s ingenious tale of a lifelong gourmand who goes on a very peculiar diet for still more peculiar reasons. Adam Gopnik asks if French cuisine is done for, and Calvin Trillin investigates whether people can actually taste the difference between red wine and white. We journey with Susan Orlean as she distills the essence of Cuba in the story of a single restaurant, and with Judith Thurman as she investigates the arcane practices of Japan&#8217;s tofu masters. Closer to home, Joseph Mitchell celebrates the old New York tradition of the beefsteak dinner, and Mark Singer shadows the city&#8217;s foremost fisherman-chef.<br><br>Selected from the magazine&#8217;s plentiful larder, <i>Secret Ingredients</i> celebrates all forms of gustatory delight. 290522 30 10 2007 Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink total:169|5:53|4:81|3:30|2:3|1:2| 169 687 404 59 4 2 false false Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 06:02:49 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 06:05:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 2 false false Wed Mar 05 11:32:30 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 10 13:46:28 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 16:16:05 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 16:42:38 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 07 20:49:39 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 20:52:23 -0800 2008 ]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 29 08:59:31 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 06:09:33 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 08:54:49 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 12:18:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 08:02:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 21:34:53 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 06:07:40 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 08:23:51 -0800 2009
Overall, I really enjoyed this collection of essays. It's a bit hefty (500+ pages) to read from cover to cover, as I did, and I don't recommend that. As I expected, the pieces are well-written, thorough, and usually humorous. It was nice to re...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 09:56:54 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 20 08:20:42 -0800 2009
Overall, I really enjoyed this collection of essays. It's a bit hefty (500+ pages) to read from cover to cover, as I did, and I don't recommend that. As I expected, the pieces are well-written, thorough, and usually humorous. It wa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 20 20:39:52 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 16 22:33:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 13 14:40:38 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 14:49:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 13:39:52 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 14:16:01 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 29 10:48:38 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 15 05:13:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 08:33:53 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 15:34:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 14:05:36 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 14:07:45 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 09:54:15 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 09:55:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 29 07:14:38 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 08:05:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 19:40:53 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 00:00:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 28 18:00:51 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 04:40:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 18:12:23 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 07:17:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 18:12:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=299448