Villas at Table: A Passion for Food and Drink

by James Villas

The author shares his experiences on food and eating, and supplies philosophical background for his recipes

Genres: Cookbooks

302 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

James Villas was the food and wine editor of Town & Country magazine for twenty-seven years. His work has also appeared in Esquire, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Saveur, The New York Times, and the Atlantic Monthly, among other publications. Two of his cookbooks have been nominated for a James Beard Award. He has also won a James Beard Award twice for journalism and received Bon Appetit's Food Writer of the Year Award in 2003. James Villas is the author of more than a dozen cookbooks and books on food, including My Mother’s Southern Kitchen and The Glory of Southern Cooking. He lives in East Hampton, New York.

Reviews

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Maybe it's past it's time, but I had no interest in this book of food and memoirs. Often known as gastronomy's Sheridan Whiteside--the man who comes to dinner then nibbles the hand that feeds him.