Eat, memory : great writers at the table : a collection of essays from the New York Times
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
Physical Description
204 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Summary
"New York Times Magazine"-food editor Hesser has showcased the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading writers. "Eat, Memory" collects the 26 best stories and recipes from some of the playwrights, novelists, and journalists featured in her column.
Contents
- Illusions. Paris match / Ann Patchett
- The great carrot caper / Dan Barber
- The fish / Billy Collins
- The squeamish American / Tom Perrotta
- The absolutely no-anything diet / Geroge Saunders. Discoveries. The sixth sense / Gary Shteyngart
- The dining room wars / R. W. Apple Jr.
- I scream / Colson Whitehead
- Orange crush / Yiyun Li
- Michelin man / James Salter. Struggles. A not-so-simple plan / Patricia Marx
- The sauce and the fury / Julia Child with Alex Prud'Homme
- Bean there / Tucker Carlson
- Home turf / Kiran Desai
- Line of sight / Gabrielle Hamilton. Loss. Expatriate games / John Burnham Schwartz
- Inward bound / Chang-Rae Lee
- Our Lady of Lawson / Pick Iyer
- American dreams / Jon Robin Baitz
- Compliments of the nurse / Dawn Drzal. Coming home. Turning Japanese / Heidi Julavits
- A taste of home / Manil Suri
- Ghosts of Passovers past / Anna Winger
- Eau God / Henry Alford
- Family menu / Allen Shawn
- Crossing to safety / Dorothy Allison.