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Heat by Bill Buford

November 27, 2017

heat

I’m not sure how seriously I can take a man who is foolish enough to invite a world class chef into his home for dinner, but I decided to give Bill Buford a chance. His invitation to Mario Batali ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: cooking, food, memoir, restaurants, Vintage

Sweetbitter

May 30, 2016

sweetbitter

  “You know what I dislike? When people use the future as a consolation for the present.”   Tess arrives in NYC in the summer of 2006 from somewhere, but it doesn't matter where ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, debut, Knopf, literary, New York City, restaurants

BEA: It’s a Wrap

May 20, 2016

bea

I promise, this is my last post about BEA and on Monday I'll be back to book reviews—providing  I can get my brain to work again. Today I just wanted to share photos of some of the other aspects of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature Tagged: BEA, Chicago, event, restaurants

The Hundred-Foot Journey

January 10, 2014

hundred foot journey

I am almost speechless at how much I enjoyed this book. The Hundred-Foot Journey is a beautiful, thoughtfully written story about one man’s trek from unwelcome immigrant to renowned chef in Paris. ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, cooking, cultural, food, restaurants, Scribner

The Art of the Restaurateur

September 14, 2012

restaurateur

At age twenty-nine, Nicholas Lander became the proud owner of L’Escargot, a London restaurant that had fallen on hard times. So began his journey into a world he would come to love and a group of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: chefs, food, restaurants

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