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Best Food Writing 2009 Due in Bookstores Today
Young & Hungry —
Authority: 565
In some ways, I don’t even know why I’m pimping this year’s Best Food Writing collection , which is due out today. If you’re a die-hard local gastronome, you’ve probably read 10 percent of the book without even purchasing it. How so? Five of the 50 essays included are from D.C. area writers, including ...1 day ago -
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
TPC-CultureVultures —
Authority: 103
Im reading this great book right now. Reichl is a good storyteller and this book is a memoir about part of her time with the NYTimes as a restaurant critic. Very interesting. Plus, she supplies recipes! Whats not to like?Want to know more about Ruth Reichl? Go here, oh compliant one.Note: Ms. Manitoba has no ...2 days ago -
The Friday Five – Scott Can Cook, and He Can Eat Out Too!
thefoodiegifthunter.co.uk —
Authority: 125
Time for another Friday Five from a guest blogger for a different point of view. Scott Can Cook is a fantastic blog, and I follow Scott on Twitter. Which can be a terrible thing, as he regularly invokes real food envy, particularly as he’s been working his way through the menu at Jamie’s Italian on a fairly ...4 days ago -
E.D.T. FOOD POST: feeding your mind!
EAT.DRINK.THINK. —
Authority: 419
Hey, if HuffPost can steal....um, I mean "aggregate" from other websites for their content, then why not Eat.Drink.Think.? Besides I have always been about sharing the food love in all its various forms, so with that in mind, a few things floating around the web that have caught my eye.... ----- ----- ----- ...5 days ago -
Eating Animals and the Hazon Food Conference
The Jew and the Carrot —
Authority: 469
Recently, acclaimed bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer appeared on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show to talk about his upcoming book, Eating Animals . As Julie Steinberg details in her post below , Foer, being both Jewish and a vegetarian, explores issues of food choices and eating meat in a personal ...1 week ago -
And on the third day…
Siren Tides —
Authority: 114
Steph still felt like crap, but her wordcount was slowly and surely getting better! Still need to catch up on today’s wc as I spent a great deal of the day asleep and having quiet dreams about not much at all, well that and roleplaying over at tdr. I swear that place is like crack and it’s not even proper ...1 week ago -
La Toussaint:* The Saints and Souls Who Preserve Us
Gherkins & Tomatoes —
Authority: 127
Some time ago, I set myself the challenging and Sisyphean task of reading Muriel Barbery’s first novel, Une gourmandise , in French. (Barbery’s reputation rests on her extremely philosophical second novel — The Elegance of the Hedgehog [what a title!], which took France by storm. The heavy larding of the ...1 week ago -
Dont hustle the lobsters
Eat.Write.Now. —
Authority: 106
In a story in The New York Times on Sunday , writer Bruce Buchsel offered up 100 things that every restaurant staffer should know . As someone who spent a fair amount of my misspent youth working as a server and as a former restaurant critic, I immediately mused on some of the offerings. Many, I agreed with, such ...1 week ago -
The comforts of the table with Ruth Reichl
Eat. Drink. Memory. —
Authority: 127
From the kitchen window, the fall leaves, a bonfire of rich gold, ochre and red, flash and ripple like Koi slipping gracefully through still water. I sip my coffee and turn my attention to a plate of thin buttery pancakes smeared with strawberry jam.This is my idea of heaven. And then the vacuum cleaner roars up ...1 week ago -
Book Review Podcast: Anne C. Heller, Biographer of Ayn Rand
ArtsBeat —
Authority: 793
This week: Anne C. Heller, author of "Ayn Rand and the World She Made"; The Timess William Grimes, author of "Appetite City," a culinary history of New York; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.1 week ago -
The Friday Five – Because veggies are beautiful too
thefoodiegifthunter.co.uk —
Authority: 125
Tender by Nigel Slater I love my meat and fish, but I’m also really happy to eat great meals without either. So a sweet potato bake seemed like a good idea as an order. Except this was canteen food, and it was revolting. To be fair, I should have known when it looked like vomit that it wasn’t going to be great. ...1 week ago -
Win a copy of Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Jew and the Carrot —
Authority: 469
Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals is not for the faint of heart. His recent article in the New York Times (excerpted from the first chapter) includes stories of his grand-mother, a holocaust survivor, which he uses to define himself as well as frame his book. The Jew and The Carrot’s Jonathan ...1 week ago -
the spelling squad strikes again
The World According to Pia —
Authority: 127
In this world of too many careless or ignorant users of words with less skillful insights in spelling there is no such thing as a rest for the language - word - spelling squad, behold the latest find that would make any stickler for a proper spell check sigh in despair ~ Or maybe this is just a case of one vegetarian ...1 week ago -
Molasses
First 50 Words —
Authority: 124
The air around him sang with the aroma of grilling meat drenched in spicy barbecue sauce. He stood by his grill, unworried about all the wanna-be posers around him. He knew the dark tang of brandy and molasses would make his sauce a winner again this year, as it had for two years in the past. The judges approached ...1 week ago -
A Culinary Journey through Africa with Author Hamilton Wende
Penguin SA —
Authority: 129
Hamilton Wende excels in writing stories of daring adventure - as proven by his latest book House of War . In fact, Wende, you might not be surprised to learn, is quite the adventurer himself - especially when it comes to culinary experiences across Africa. He regales readers with tales about some of his best, and ...1 week ago -
Sarah Palin’s print debut
Reading Copy Book Blog —
Authority: 540
Sarah Palin is all the rage again with the publication of Going Rogue coming up soon. I won’t be reading this particular memoir but many people will - it is already a bestseller on Amazon.com on pre-orders alone. But did you know that Palin is already a published author…sort of? Yes…. Palin wrote the foreword ...2 weeks ago -
Sugar
First 50 Words —
Authority: 124
Dad wasn’t answering his phone. I left work early and went to his place. I entered through the garage. The kitchen floor was crunchy with something–sugar or salt strewn everywhere. “Dad,” I called. The house felt empty and the sensation sucked the breath out of me. I rushed from room to room calling his name, ...2 weeks ago -
All on the hips
A Typical Atypical —
Authority: 495
I am thinking of starting up my Digging for Truffles food blog again. Whenever I do it inspires me to eat well and record my food habits, something I really ought to work harder on as there have been rather a lot of chocolate bars passing my lips recently! Of course, my body doesn’t crave or desire chocolate ...2 weeks ago -
Honey
First 50 Words —
Authority: 124
Desert sun falls on skin With a heat As heavy as warm honey. Desert light incandescent Atop the hills Bright with yesterday’s snow. The storm that blew yellow Leaves like ocean waves, But a faint wet scent in the air. Please leave a comment with your first 50 words on the topic “honey.”2 weeks ago -
Giveaway – Slow Gin and Beeswax Book
A Typical Atypical —
Authority: 495
Earlier this week I ordered a book on eBay. It arrived, but unfortunately the cover was a little ripped. I contacted the seller who was lovely, and sent out a replacement in the post. As she did so, she encouraged me to keep the old one as a wonderful gesture of goodwill. Now, I obviously don’t need this first copy, ...2 weeks ago
