Eat, Memory by Amanda Hesser
Draws with literary aplomb the correlation of what and how we eat to who we are.Austin Chronicle
"These enjoyable, insightful, short essays may end too soon, but their memories will linger as if they were your own" -- Christian Science Monitor
"Rich, idiosyncratic stories you can relish." -- Entertainment Weekly
"While some of the essays follow a classic Proustian remembrance—a pungent clove of garlic evokes Gary Shteyngart’s escape from the bland boiled dinners of his parents’ home in Little Neck, Queens, and dizzying orange blossom oil stirs up embarrassing moments from Henry Alford’s trip to Morocco—the collection’s wide-ranging essays also include less conventional descriptions of meals, such as Ann Patchett’s elusive word game with her future husband in the Paris restaurant Taillevent. . . . Empty Tang bottles become a powerful signifier in Yiyun Li’s China, and . . . Chef Gabrielle Hamilton faces a profound test of patience with a blind line cook emptying French fries into the drain." -- Publishers Weekly
"Rich, idiosyncratic stories you can relish." -- Entertainment Weekly
"While some of the essays follow a classic Proustian remembrance—a pungent clove of garlic evokes Gary Shteyngart’s escape from the bland boiled dinners of his parents’ home in Little Neck, Queens, and dizzying orange blossom oil stirs up embarrassing moments from Henry Alford’s trip to Morocco—the collection’s wide-ranging essays also include less conventional descriptions of meals, such as Ann Patchett’s elusive word game with her future husband in the Paris restaurant Taillevent. . . . Empty Tang bottles become a powerful signifier in Yiyun Li’s China, and . . . Chef Gabrielle Hamilton faces a profound test of patience with a blind line cook emptying French fries into the drain." -- Publishers Weekly
Amanda Hesser is the founder and executive chair of Food52, which also encompasses the heritage brands Schoolhouse and Dansk, as well as a former New York Times food editor and the author of the bestselling and James Beard Award–winning Essential New York Times Cookbook. She lives in Brooklyn.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393337464 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393337464 |
| Title | Eat, Memory |
| Author | Amanda Hesser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2010-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 206 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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