The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life (Modern Library Food)
by Angelo M. Pellegrini
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
roadkill chefs
i couldn't really get going on this book due to the heavy emphasis on eating animalia, on 'high food' (even as recognized or vindicated by peasants), and on the very particular (highly prejudiced, obviously) taste of the author. since i pretty much disagree with the underlying aesthetic framework here, uh, it was slow going and, ultimately, no going.
but ! if you want to read why tongue is just as delicious as any 'fryer' or why, properly prepared, anything that moves could be moving delicious...more
but ! if you want to read why tongue is just as delicious as any 'fryer' or why, properly prepared, anything that moves could be moving delicious...more
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
foodies, anyone looking for real pasta recipes.
this man was a literature professor at UW and had his own fruits and vegetables growing in Seattle way before anyone in my family thought of living there. an Italian after my own heart. and his book could have been written yesterday, for its focus on quality, seasonal, local (as in, your backyard), resourceful eating. There's been something really wrong with the American relationship to food for a long long time, and he was decades ahead of the curve in pointing it out. food is joyful, and shoul...more
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
foodies
chapter one is some of the best food writing i've ever read. i suspect that any foodie out there believes in the mystique of italy, and pellegrini understands this.
i like reading authors who have strong but harmless opinions, and food opinions are almost always of that sort.
i like reading authors who have strong but harmless opinions, and food opinions are almost always of that sort.
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Read in August, 2007
I didn't actually read this edition, but rather the 1984 North Point Press edition. One main difference is that this one does not contain the afterward by MFK Fischer. But, I like having a book with the cover, so here it is.
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Read in January, 2005
Although somewhat dated, many of the observations are timeless. Angelo relates how growing your own food and preparing it and serving it in good company can contribute to the good life.
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Part memoir, part cookbook, part philosophical treatise, entirely well-written.
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