Food writing

[mom_to_zoe]

Does anyone else enjoy reading food writing? Some of my favorites food writers are:
M.L.K. Fisher: she's classic and one of the first in the genre
Laurie Colwyn: a wonderful author of fiction and non-fiction; her Home Cooking books make me want to cook and cook. I like how she writes about feeding her family. I relate to that as a mother myself.
Calvin Trillin: his work just makes me smile. No one likes to eat as much as this guy! I only know his magazine pieces from Gourmet and the New Yorker, but I intend to buy some of his books.

I keep meaning to read Ruth Reichl's memoirs, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

What food writers do you enjoy?

[alootikki]

Some of my favorites are:

Cooking for Mr. Latte - Amanda Hesser

Monsoon Diary - Shobha Narayan

I did read the first of Ruth Reichl's memoirs, but just couldn't get into it for some reason.

[magrat]

I really liked "The Man Who Ate Everything" by Jeffrey Steingarten. I also love the magazine Saveur.

[mom_to_zoe]

Oh, "The Man Who Ate Everything" is definitely on my list. His reviews for Vogue are excellent.

I think I will start with Ruth Reichl's Garlic and Sapphires, about her time as the Times restaurant critic, not the childhood stuff.

[SiValleySteph]

These are two of my favorite books:

From Here, You Can't See Paris: Seasons of a French Village and Its Restaurant
by Michael S. Sanders



The Soul of a Chef : The Journey Toward Perfection
by Michael Ruhlman



I'm currently reading:
A Cook's Tour : Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
by Anthony Bourdain


It's not bad, but nowhere as good as the first two. I don't care for Anthony Bourdain's writing style in this book.

[mom_to_zoe]

I'll have to check out that first one!

I read Michael Ruhlman's book The Making of a Chef, which is about a year at the Culinary Institute of America. It was actually the book that made me NOT want to go to culinary school. But it is a great book. I should check out his other ones.

I'm not a big Anthony Bourdain fan, however. I feel like he is the "shock jock" of the cooking world.

[mgrace]

Great thread!

SiValleySteph, I just checked out You Can't See Paris From Here from the library. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm not a big Anthony Bourdain fan, however. I feel like he is the "shock jock" of the cooking world.

Ditto!



A Year in Provence, Peter Mayle

Love all of Peter Mayle's books--they are sort of food writing, but I guess more about French life.

This one is more of a foodie book

French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew, Peter Mayle

[magrat]

I think I started a Cook's Tour (it was a book by him about travelling around the world anyway) and I didn't enjoy it so I put it down. The bits about the pig killing in Portugal were kind of interesting, but then he started whining about his family holidays in France and I got irritated and bored and put it down!

[Sadie]

I have read all 3 of Ruth Reichl's memoirs and have really enjoyed all of them. My favorite though is definitely the earliest one, Tender at the Bone .

[SiValleySteph]

I'm not a big Anthony Bourdain fan, however.

I don't think I am either. Even though I am reading A Cook's Tour. It was in the Bargain Books section at Borders. I will read anything (almost!) that is $1 and most things that are $4 or under. I think this one was $4.

I can't wait to get some of these other selections! I should check my library and see what they have.