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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/628413.Best_Food_Writing_2003?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Best Food Writing 2003" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1176480144m/628413.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/628413.Best_Food_Writing_2003?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Best Food Writing 2003</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/62010.Holly_Hughes">Holly Hughes</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21904813?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>I'm working my way through all of the best food writing collections and this is a much earlier version. It's interesting to see how the compilation has evolved and which writers are on the 2006 version and how the standard of food writing has gotten much higher. The categories have also changed. <br/> <br/>Same of my favorite essays include: a man's intense obsession with his viking stove, an essay comparing the politics of independent restaurants and awesome blossoms (hah!), a man's journey making his own butter, the story of Mario Batali's dad (a man who quit his job to become a sausage maker), and an unbelievable essay entitled: "Travels with Captain Bacon"-- that's right--- a road trip story about a man who is on the quest for delicious bacon (!!). This essay is what alerted me to the existence of the bacon of the month club-- something I will probably buy myself for my birthday. <br/> <br/>This year also featured some wonderfully evocative food-based memoirs-- chefs learning how to cook, memories of parents and the food of former social classes, food from homelands far away, and stories of old traditions that people are clinging to (pig killing, anyone?) <br/> <br/>Though some of the essays are less savvy than the '06 compilation, this book was chock full of love for pork, and cured meat. Clearly, I'm a huge fan. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/30987?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>