Best Food Writing 2003

by Hughes, Holly

• ISBN13: 9781569244401
• ISBN10: 1569244405
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-29
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

The author collects the very best writing about food in the fourthnstallment of this wonderfully crafted annual collection of culinary essayshat includes the work of John Thorne, Amanda Hesser, and Calvin Trillin,mong others. Original.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi
Holly Hughes
Tools of the Trade
Kit	2	(7)
by Nigel Slater
Cutting School	9	(6)
by Joyce Chang
The Torch Is Passed, Handle First	15	(4)
by Amanda Hesser
A Man and His Stove	19	(4)
by David Leite
Desperate Measures	23	(5)
by Matthew Amster-Burton
Stocking the Larder
Makin' Groceries	28	(3)
by Jessica B. Harris
Slow Sausage	31	(5)
by Corby Kummer
Travels with Captain Bacon	36	(8)
by Pete Wells
Sustaining Vision	44	(5)
by Michael Pollan
Earthy	49	(3)
by Margo True
Buttering Up	52	(10)
by Jeffrey Steingarten
Looking for the Lard	62	(6)
by Elmer R. Grossman
from Sugar	68	(7)
by Fran Gage
Treat or Treat	75	(7)
by Dara Moskowitz
Home Cooking
What Einstein Told His Cook	82	(8)
by Robert L. Wolke
With Pancakes, Every Day Is Sunday	90	(6)
by Lucian K. Truscott IV
Fried Chicken and Grits	96	(10)
by Damon Lee Fowler
Pepper Pot Hot	106	(9)
by John Thorne
Grilling, Short and Sweet	115	(4)
by John Kessler
Cajun Pig Party	119	(9)
by Kathleen Brennan
A Dieter's Dilemma	128	(5)
by Jason Epstein
The Zen of Frosting	133	(5)
by Ann Patchett
Dining Around
Josiah & the Giant Onion	138	(12)
by Dave Gardetta
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	150	(6)
by Gabrielle Hamilton
Say Cheez	156	(5)
by Robb Walsh
An Ode to Sloppy Joe, a Delicious Mess	161	(5)
by Andrea Strong
Bread Winner	166	(4)
by Susan Choi
Salumi	170	(4)
by Min Liao
I See London, I See France	174	(9)
by Jonathan Gold
The Myth of Caviar	183	(10)
by Inga Saffron
Untangling My Chopsticks	193	(11)
by Victoria Abbott Riccardi
Local Bounty	204	(10)
by Calvin Trillin
Someone's in the Kitchen
The Cooking Game	214	(15)
by Adam Gopnik
Where Recipes Come From	229	(5)
by Benjamin Wallace
The Culinary Underground	234	(6)
by John T. Edge
Life on the Line	240	(7)
by Jason Sheehan
Monsieur Feret Builds His Neighborhood Dream House	247	(9)
by Eric Levin
My Education in Cooking	256	(5)
by Judy Rodgers
Le Plaza Athênée	261	(11)
by Jacques Pépin
Boulangerie Poilâne	272	(6)
by Done Greenspan
Personal Tastes
Hamburger Rules	278	(6)
by Colman Andrews
Shark Bait	284	(8)
by Jesse Brovener
Drinking My Inheritance	292	(8)
by Sara Roahen
Fried Butter	300	(8)
by Abe Opincar
Descent of the Relatives	308	(11)
by Shoba Narayan
Fair Shares for All	319	(14)
by John Haney
Remembering Daddy	333	(10)
by Miriam Sauls
A Passage to Pakistan	343	(8)
by Madhur Jaffrey
A Slice of Life	351	(7)
by Rick Nichols
Simple	358	(5)
by Jeanne B. McManus
Acknowledgments	363	(4)
About the Editor	367	(1)
Submissions	367