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Holly Hughes

Best Food Writing 2010 Paperback – October 12, 2010

by Holly Hughes (Editor)

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Part of: Best Food Writing (18 books)

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A new edition of the authoritative and appealing anthology, comprised of the finest culinary prose from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and Web sites. With food writing and blogging on the rise, there's no shortage of treats on the buffet to choose from, including selections from both established food writers and new stars on everything from noted gastronomes to how to fry an egg, from erudite culinary history to delectable memoirs. Evocative, provocative, sensuous, and just plain funny, it's a tasty sampler platter to dip into time and again.

Best Food Writing 2010 features top-notch writers like Colman Andrews, Calvin Trillin, Ruth Reichl, Alice Waters, Frank Bruni, and many others.

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368 pages
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English
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Da Capo Lifelong Books
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October 12, 2010
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5.75 x 1 x 8.25 inches
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0738213810
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978-0738213811
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Mourning the demise of Gourmet magazine, series editor Hughes asks "is food writing a dying art?" Readers of this year's anthology will offer a resounding "nowhere close." Ethical concerns of organic and locavore movements and free range meats are tidily summed up by now-famous vegetarian Jonathan Safran Foer. Whereas MIT grad J. Kenji Lopez-Alt shares a recipe for making French fries as good as what McDonalds makes: "salty, crisp, light, and not greasy." At the other end of the spectrum, New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton offers a version of Nora Ephron's meat loaf recipe to die for. Pulitzer prize winner Jonathan Gold tracks the shifting locations of Los Angeles' street vendors and Tod Kliman hunts down Peter Chang, the elusive "perfect chef" who moves between Chinese restaurants, from D.C. to Atlanta, to avoid celebrity. Along the way Kliman learns that innocuous Chinese restaurants can have secret menus for the cognoscenti and experiences the exquisite pleasure of hot peppers that scorch and even numb. And travelling to Tokyo, Kevin Pang discovered to his great surprise that eating a bowl of ramen "satisfied every taste sense man is blessed to experience." A sparkling collection.
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In a time where the most elemental of activities—consuming sustenance—is an increasingly political act, it’s not surprising that there might be more attention paid to talking about eating food than there is in actually eating food. Series editor Hughes sheds a tear for the shuttering of the venerable Gourmet, but maintains that “the rumors of food writing’s death have been greatly exaggerated.” Big changes in the culinary world are visible here, from Michael Steinberger’s lament over the passing of France’s reign of culinary mastery (all hail Spain) to Tim Carman’s plea to put Zagat out of its misery. But the trend du jour continues to be locavorism, evidenced by Carla Capalbo’s take on the epicenter of molecular gastronomy, El Bulli, getting dethroned as best restaurant in the world by a small Copenhagen joint that focuses on seasonal, place-specific ingredients. Despite all the delicious food fussiness on parade, though, the best of the best might just be Jason Sheehan’s hilarious (if you’re an industry insider) or terrifying (if you’re an unsuspecting patron) account of flash-defrosting 80-pound blocks of haddock on a frantic fish-fry Friday. --Ian Chipman

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Da Capo Lifelong Books (October 12, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0738213810
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0738213811
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 8.25 inches

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M. P. Wallace

Reading about food can be fun

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2011

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Who knew food critics can be funny? Some pieces were very amusing, some informative - all are well written. I learned food can be artistic, political, religious as well as nourishing . There are lessons to be learned and stories told. Just like a menu, you can pick the items you want and leave others for your next visit.

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Joni

Love it!

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2013

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I loved 2012, so I bought 2011, and 2010. I had never seen this before. It's been around for 12 years. If you like reading about food, you will love this book.

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2011

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I find this book enjoyable to read aloud to my spouse at the end of the day when we're slowing down. Some of the ideas are intriguing although with multiple authors the writing is definitely uneven. We've enjoyed other books in the same series - the same way - read aloud to each other at bedtime.

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Karen Boersen

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2014

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Great gift!

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