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Corks and Forks: Thirty Years of Wine and Food

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If you love food and wine and are interested in the people who excell in making both, then this is the book for you. Bob Finigan has written a wonderful book that takes you right inside the world of haute cuisine and fine wines and it is fascinating, not to mention at times, laugh out loud funny. I think you will enjoy this book.

Shay Morris

Bob Finigan, in addition to his love and vocation for food and wine, is a noted baseball analyst. In a word, he has hit a homerun with Corks and Forks.

This book is a culmination of a life well led in the food and wine industry. Finigan gives provides an in depth perspective of the people who have made the news in the business. At once personal and affectionate, detailed and humorous, provocative and incisive. This book is a can't miss read for people who care about food and wine.

What was Julia like? How did Jerimiah Tower get started? Why is Bob Mondavi revered by everyone in the wine trade? It's all here.

Very attractive size/shape of the book, including Bill Hamilton's 1979 classic cartoon from New Yorker Magazine with the caption "Look, Finigan. The great meals you've had are no greater than than the great meals we've had."

Actually, I want to change my mind.. Finigan's book is not a home run..it's a grand slam.

lots of vignettes about bob's "adventures" and memories about the beginnings of the wine affair that is in America now.. Very entertaining.