The Dinner by Herman Koch My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you who you are.” Those were the words of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, and I believe that Herman Koch, author of The Dinner, subscribed to the sentiment while writing this short, but […]
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Life, on the Line: A Chef’s Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat by Grant Achatz My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a fascinating biography of a chef. The Food Biography genre is really expanding and my favorites in the genre tend to […]
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s pure, unadulterated pleasure reading Bourdain’s books, and this was the first one I read. I was a waitress and beer wench for many years, and he nailed the nail square on the head […]
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The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World’s Most Famous Cooking School in Paris by Kathleen Flinn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Here’s the thing I realized while reading this book: food (and any of the myriad ways to think about food) […]
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American Food Writing: An Anthology: With Classic Recipes by Molly O’Neill My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a really lovely collection of food writing. Molly O’Neill has picked out some great writers, and the short but interesting history of food in America is well represented from Thomas Jefferson […]