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Best Food Writing 2003 (Paperback)
by Holly Hughes
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"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...more
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.
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.
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?)
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....less
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Justine
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Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist (Hardcover)
by Tyler Cowen
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May 02
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Justine
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Grendel (Paperback)
by John Gardner
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May 01
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Justine
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Lamentations of the Father: Essays (Hardcover)
by Ian Frazier
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April 29
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Justine
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Best Food Writing 2005 (Best Food Writing)
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read in April, 2008
Justine said:
"I'm a big sucker for food writing-- "food porn" if you will. Whenever I get my Gourmet, I read it, cover to cover, and get really excited about what I want to make and how to describe it. I also sometimes read cookbooks becuase I'm a nerd...more
I'm a big sucker for food writing-- "food porn" if you will. Whenever I get my Gourmet, I read it, cover to cover, and get really excited about what I want to make and how to describe it. I also sometimes read cookbooks becuase I'm a nerd.
There is something universal and visceral about food writing-- everyone can relate. For what is there more common than what we eat and how we feel about it?
This compilation consists of excepts from food magazines, newspapers, and books, complete with nerdy, nerdy food details, accounts of artisan _______ makers; gluttonous odes to fatty things, and of course, recipes.
Favorite stories include a Jordanian woman's eulogic memoir of a family outing; an Indian woman's description of how she learned to cook; a woman's account of how she steeped her own liquor; and the author's introduction: how one summer she made each of her three children prepare one dinner a week.
Foodies, eaters, and cooks unite. A great read....less
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April 23
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Justine
marked as to-read:
Adam's Navel (Paperback)
by Michael Sims
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Justine
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Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution (Paperback)
by David Wallace
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Justine
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Mating: A Novel (Paperback)
by Norman Rush
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