Best Food Writing 2005
Author: Holly Hughes
Best Food Writing 2005 assembles, for its sixth year, the most exceptional writing from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and Web sites. Included are the best writers on everything from celebrated chefs to the travails of the home cook, from food sourcing at the greenmarket to equipping one's kitchen, from erudite culinary history to food-inspired memoirs. Like past collections, the 2005 round-up will include pieces from food-writing stars such as Robb Walsh, John Thorne, Calvin Trillin, Amanda Hesser, Ruth Reichl, Colman Andrews, Jason Epstein, and Jeffrey Steingarten. Opinionated, evocative, nostalgic, brash, thought-provoking, and sometimes just plain funny, it's a tasty sampler to dip into time and again, whether you're in the mood for caviar or hot dogs.
Publishers Weekly
In this literary feast's sixth year, Hughes has assembled a fine collection of works by chefs, authors, critics, a cookbook editor and a few bloggers: people who write about food "because they love food." Devotion is evident throughout, whether in David Ramsay's "Some Like It Extra Hot," a hilarious love letter to "hot chicken," with which Nashville-and Ramsay himself-is obsessed; or Evan Rail's "One-Room Wonder," which pays homage to a tiny Prague restaurant that provides "a meal for the emotions" as well as superb food. Food's business aspects are explored in Cynthia Zarin's report on Murray's Cheese Shop in Manhattan and Nancy Grimes's expos of the seamy underside (or "overweight kvetch" side) of being married to a restaurant critic. Idlewords.com's overrated-pizza rant is provocative (and useful), and Monique Truong's "Many Happy Returns" is a beautiful chronology of a restaurant's role in her life. Readers will marvel as Eric Asimov recounts the taste of a special bottle of wine and nod at Judith Jones's wisdom as she reveals what constitutes a good cookbook. Food lovers of all stripes will devour, and savor, this book; its recipes will help readers create their own kitchen alchemy, but the book's real magic is in the writing. (Nov.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
Hughes continues her search for engaging culinary writing in this sixth annual collection dedicated to the art of cooking and eating. The pieces come from a variety of sources, including magazines, books, and newspaper articles and columns, and are divided among ten sections ranging from the business of food to dining out. Readers will encounter everything from Cynthia Zarin's short but deliciously witty "I Married a Restaurant Critic" to Eugenia Bone's quietly reflective paean to homegrown produce in "Gardens on the Mesa." Many of this year's contributors, such as Rick Bayless, Dorie Greenspan, and Ruth Reichl, are familiar names in the culinary world, but Hughes also includes a few unexpected but inspired choices, such as legendary cookbook editor Judith Jones and novelist Monique Truong. Recommended for public libraries, especially those where the other volumes in the series have proven to be popular.-John Charles, Scottsdale P.L., AZ Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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Prosciutto, Pancetta, Salame: Cooking with the Cured Meats of Italy
Author: Pamela Sheldon Johns
PAMELA SHELDON JOHNS is the author of the popular Italian Artisan series of cookbooks, including the bestselling PARMIGIANO! and BALSAMICO! A former cooking school director, she travels and lectures to organizations such as the International Association of Culinary Professionals and the American Institute of Wine & Food. Pamela lives in Italy with her family.
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