Now in its eighth year, Best Food Writing 2007 hosts a literary feast of the finest culinary prose from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and Web sites. With eight sections ranging from Food Fights to Fast Food, The World's Kitchen to Why I Cook, this stellar collection features both established food writers and rising stars who serve up their culinary forays, musings, and discoveries. By turns luminous, nostalgic, witty, sensual, and sometimes just plain funny, this delectable sampler will invoke your imagination and tantalize your taste buds-whether you're in the mood for tartare-or tacos.Contributors include: Salma Abdelnour * Bill Addison * Steve Almond * Matthew Amster-Burton * Brett Anderson * Colman Andrews * Dan Barber * Anthony Bourdain * Frank Bruni * Violaine Charest-Sigouin * Melissa Clark * Andrea King Collier * Nancy Coons * Sara Deseran * John T. Edge * Barry Estabrook * Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall * Charles Ferruzza * Tim Gihring * Ame Gilbert * Jonathan Gold * John Grossman * Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl * Madhur Jaffrey * John Kessler * Barbara Kingsolver * Todd Kliman * Ivy Knight * Francis Lam * David Leite * Shuna Fish Lydon * Adam Nagourney * Daniel Patterson * Alan Richman * Adam Sachs * Irene Sax * Kim Severson * Steven Shaw * Jason Sheehan * Gail Shepherd * Raymond Sokolov * James Sturz * Mark Stusser * Carolyn Theriault * John Thorne * Anya Von Bremzen * Robb Walsh * Pete Wells * Marco Pierre White and James Steen * Rita Williams * Laurie Winer * Joe Yonan
Really liked this book- Perfect for those who just enjoy reading cookbooks for relaxation or the journalist- which my husband was for 20 years and thought the writing was excellent!
Good Stuff Here
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This compilation of food writing is perfect for the foodie who doesn't have the time to sift through enormaous piles of literature to find a handful of good essays. Especially interesting was the article entitled "Josiah & the Giant Onion", describing America's pathetic passion for gigantic chain restaurants.
A pleasurable read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
A good selection of writing covering a wide variety of topics. Each story was a delectable mystery as to what was coming, because although the common theme is food, the topics varied considerably. All contributors are highly polished, professional writers, so the quality of the writing is excellent. It wa a great winter bedtime read, to be parceled out, one story a night.
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