What Are You Reading?

[ronnie_suburban]

"My Kitchen Wars" a memoir by Betty Fussell- picked this up at the used

book store for $2.00.

I loved that book too. I had the unexpected honor of meeting Betty Fussell at an event recently, and she says they are making the book into a play! The play is supposed to debut in March here in NYC.

You heard it here first.

Outstanding book! There are several very memorable and insightful lines therein...including <paraphrasing> "Cooking is our most civilized act."

Just a fantastic read.

=R=

[Squeat Mungry]

I'm reading Peter Pringle's Food, Inc.: the "Green Revolution", corporate agribusiness, GM foods, "biopiracy", etc. Interesting -- and chilling -- stuff.

I've also just started Dornenburg and Page's Culinary Artistry and I'm absolutely loving it.

Cheers,

Squeat

[Richard Kilgore]

chezlamere -- the flu has given me time to read a bunch the past week or so. And I forgot to mention Steven King's book "On Writing", which is directed toward aspiring fiction writers, but also has something to say to anyone who writes -- part memoir, part instruction.

[Mottmott]

I've also just started Dornenburg and Page's Culinary Artistry and I'm absolutely loving it.

Cheers,

Squeat

If you like to improvise in the kitchen, you'll keep on lovin' it.

[flybottle]

Evan Jones' American Food.

[chromedome]

Wow...lots of great titles to add to my "gotta get" list.

I've usually got several on the go at any given time...right now "Lord Krisna's Cuisine" by Yamuna Devi; one or another herb book by Jekka McVicar; "The Professional Pastry Chef" by Bo Friberg; "Food that Really Schmecks" by Edna Staebler (Ontario Mennonite cooking...guarantee to be the antithesis of *any* diet).

Recently finished: "Bone in the Throat" by Bourdain; "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" by P Reinhart; "A Passion For Chocolate", R L Berenbaum's translation of the book by the Bernachons; several books by Madhur Jaffrey and Najmieh Batmanglij (Indian and Persian food respectively); "Hot Sour Salty Sweet" by Duguid and Alford; and "Savouring the Spice Coast of India" by Laila Kaimal (sp?).

This is mostly above and beyond the various textbooks and online readings required for school; and exclusive of the non-food-related books that I go through.

I have, on occasion, been called a bookworm...

PS: My local library averages about $300/yr in overdue fees, primarily because of my ghastly schedule..