Where Shall We Go for Dinner? [Paperback]

Tamasin Day-Lewis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 13, 2008

Tamasin and her companion Rob set out with no real plan for the forthcoming year other than that each trip offers the possibility of perfection and discovery of something new. Whether investigating the food scene in San Francisco, sipping a cocktail in Venice, or walking down Sullivan St in New York to dine on fried chicken at the Blue Ribbon, they always set out in hope of the perfect dinner. They may find it at a small cafe in the hills of Santo Stefano Belbo in Piemonte, or snacking on falafel in a warm wad of pitta bread at Mamoun's, a hole in the wall in Greenwich Village. Sometimes they try too hard and don't find it at all, but even the disappointment is food for thought...and there is always tomorrow.

Editorial Reviews

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"her advice is unpretentious and the book undeniably entertaining" OBSERVER "beguiling fusion of memoir, food and travel writing, peppered with recipes" INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY "A delightful reminiscence of a lifetime of appreciative eating" GOOD BOOK GUIDE

About the Author

Tamasin is one of Britain's finest food writers. She has produced and directed many TV documentaries and appeared in 3 UK Food TV series: Tamasin's Weekends and Tamasin's Great British Dishes'

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Phoenix (November 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753824469
• ISBN-13: 978-0753824467
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,092,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Valentine for Cooks, January 31, 2008

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Casey Ellis (Los Altos, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Where Shall We Go for Dinner? (Hardcover)

This exquisitely written book would make a perfect Valentine's Day gift--even from you to you. I've long been a fan of Day-Lewis's cookbooks but this is more a tale of gastronomical adventures with supplemental recipes. Daughter of a poet-laureate, sister of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis, great friend of actress Julia Roberts, T D-L lives life -- whether cooking in the kitchen, hiking in the mountains, racing through the streets of New York or seeking small restaurants in Venice--with captivating passsion and intelligence. "Where Shall We Go for Dinner?" is one of the loveliest -- and most love-filled -- books I've read in a long time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious, July 30, 2009

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Gail M. L. Thomas (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Where Shall We Go for Dinner? (Paperback)

I loved this book. Nobody writes about the pleasures of food as generously as Day-Lewis. Of course, this is so much more than a book about food. It is a travel journal crammed with family and friends, observations on people and places, and, of course, some excellent recipes. Day-Lewis is always thoughtful; her voice is original. I hope she will write another book along these lines.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect airplane reading for foodies, April 12, 2008

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Getting and Spending (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where Shall We Go for Dinner? (Hardcover)

Where Shall We Go For Dinner? has it all: famous people, fabulous food, travel and romance. The story of the British author's romantic relationship with her American partner is interwoven with colourful family history, trenchant observations on food culture, and mouth-watering accounts of meals and tastings in North America and Europe, all of it served up with intelligence, love and wit. I wish a decent editor had gone over the book, though, and cleaned up the dreadful punctuation and dangling modifiers. Reading it was like eating a rich, smooth, flavourful spinach souffle, only to realise that the cook had forgotten to wash the grit off the spinach.