Eat, Memory - Great Writers at the Table, a Collection of Essays from the New York Times (Paperback)

Memorable moments with food collected by "one of the best of the young food writers" (Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue food critic). New York Times Magazine food editor Amanda Hesser has showcased the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading writers playwrights, screenwriters, novelists, poets, journalists in the magazine. Eat, Memory collects the best stories and recipes to accompany them. Ann Patchett confronts her stubbornness in a heated argument she once had with her then-boyfriend, now husband, over dinner at the famed Paris restaurant Taillevent. Tom Perrotta explains how his long list of food aversions almost landed him in an East German prison. Gabrielle Hamilton finds that hiring a blind cook leads her into ethical terrain she wasn't prepared to navigate. And poet Billy Collins muses over his relationship with a fish he once ate. Also included are stories by Chang-rae Lee, Patricia Marx, John Burnham Schwartz, George Saunders, Colson Whitehead, Kiran Desai, Pico Iyer, and Heidi Julavits, among others."

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	2008
Editors:	Amanda Hesser
Dimensions:	211 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	206
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-33746-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > General cookery > General Books > Food & Drink > General cookery > General
LSN:	0-393-33746-4
Barcode:	9780393337464

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