| Edition |
First Da Capo Press edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 373 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Age of innocence / Jay Rayner -- Are big flavors, destroying the American palate? / Kate Krader -- A toast story / John Gravois -- Five things I will not eat / Barry Estabrook -- Baconomics 101 / David Sax -- The right to eat / JT Torres -- America, your food is so gay / John Birdsall -- Debts of pleasure / John T. Edge -- The dignity of chocolate / Eagranie Yuh -- The indulgence of pickled baloney / Silas House -- Austerity measures / Anna Roth -- Waiting for the 8th / Eli Saslow -- A sorta of chicken that we call fish / Elissa Altman -- Forget the clock, remember your food / Joe Yonan -- Meals from a hunter / Steve Hoffman -- The man machine / Oliver Strand -- Cooking as the cornerstone of a sustainable food system / Kim O'Donnel -- How to boil water / Irvin Lin -- The lions of Bangkok street food / Matt Goulding -- How to cook a turkey / Molly Watson -- And baby make free-for-all / Adam Sachs -- Sense of self / Erin Byers Murray -- The ghosts of cakes past / Monica Bhide -- Bread and women / Adam Gopnik -- The science of the best chocolate chip cookies / J. Kenji López-Alt -- How to cook chicken cutlets, and give yourself a reason to keep living / Albert Burneko -- Smelted / Sara Bir -- A green movement / Jane Black -- The 16.9 carrot / Dan Barber -- Monsanto is going organic in a quest for the perfect veggie / Ben Paynter -- The flavor man / Laura Taxel -- Yellow Dutch / Rich Nichols -- The forgotten harvest / Jack Hitt -- The leading light of pastry / Alex Halberstadt -- Cheapskates / Sarah Henry -- Sherry Yard's sweet independence / Besha Rodell -- A day on Long Island with Alex Lee / Francis Lam -- Savoring the now / John Kessler -- The tao of Bianco / Dave Mondy -- Familiarity breeds content / Frank Bruni -- Everyman's fish / Tom Carson -- The cheese toast incident / Michael Procopio -- Because I can / David Leite -- Solitary man / Josh Ozersky -- Tomato pie / Ann Hood -- The Invasivore's dilemma / Rowan Jacobsen -- Learning how to taste / Daniella Martin -- Seven bald men and a kumquat tree / Amy Gentry -- Fixed menu / Kevin Pang -- Last meals / Brent Cunningham. |
| Subject |
Food -- Literary collections.
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Cooking -- Literary collections.
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Gastronomy -- Literary collections.
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Dinners and dining -- Literary collections.
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Food habits -- Literary collections.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, Holly, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780738217918 |
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0738217913 |
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