The New Yorker - The Food Issue!

[The Naughti Literati]

Sept. 3 & 10 issue on stands now...it doesn't get much better than this; it had me at David Sedaris though.

Also in this issue are Calvin Trillin, John McPhee, Judith Thurman, Adam Gopnik with a piece on Extreme Localism (LOL), Nell Freudenberger, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (author of Purple Hibiscus and Half a Yellow Sun), Gary Shteyngart, Anthony Lane and Donald Antrim. New fiction by Lara Vapnyar.

Some of this should be online as well!

www.newyorker.com

[Carrot Top]

"Wildlife on a Plate" by John McPhee was going to be the first thing I read but instead "The Queen of Exile Cuisine" by Jane Kramer grabbed me and held on tight. Fantastic photograph of Claudia Roden (by John Reardon) as accompaniment and the essay on her life and her work was most fulfilling to read. The story behind the stories.

I most particularly enjoyed reading her thoughts and feelings on "authenticity" and on "nueva cocina".

Edited September 3, 2007 by Carrot Top (log)

[The Blissful Glutton]

I was a bit backlogged on my magaznes, but am reading it now. I like what I have read so far and was so excited to to see Sedaris as a contributor as well.

Edited September 30, 2007 by The Blissful Glutton (log)