Best Food Writing 2005

by Hughes, Holly

• ISBN13: 9781569243459
• ISBN10: 156924345X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-05
• Publisher: Da Capo Pr

Summary

Best Food Writing 2005 assembles, for its sixth year, the most exceptional writing from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and Web sites. Included are the best writers on everything from celebrated chefs to the travails of the home cook, from food sourcing at the greenmarket to equipping one's kitchen, from erudite culinary history to food-inspired memoirs. Like past collections, the 2005 round-up will include pieces from food-writing stars such as Robb Walsh, John Thorne, Calvin Trillin, Amanda Hesser, Ruth Reichl, Colman Andrews, Jason Epstein, and Jeffrey Steingarten. Opinionated, evocative, nostalgic, brash, thought-provoking, and sometimes just plain funny, it's a tasty sampler to dip into time and again, whether you're in the mood for caviar or hot dogs.

Author Biography

Holly Hughes has edited the annual Best Food Writing volumes since their inception in 2000. The former executive editor of Fodor's Travel Publications, she is also author of Frommer's New York City with Kids. She lives with her family in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction
As Asian as apple crumble	p. 2
Food without fear	p. 14
Two Americas, two restaurants, one town	p. 18
Big cheese	p. 42
I married a restaurant critic	p. 42
Diatribes for dinner	p. 46
Berry bonanza	p. 52
Extending the olive branch	p. 56
Gardens on the mesa	p. 62
Killing dinner	p. 71
To win a cook's heart, butter her up	p. 74
Where's the nutella?	p. 78
1 Tsp. of prose, recipes to taste	p. 86
Cool cucumber	p. 90
The count and I	p. 94
A question of taste	p. 102
Pucker power	p. 105
The pantry forager	p. 111
New loaves rising	p. 116
On the side	p. 125
When French women bake	p. 128
Bittersweet	p. 134
The gentle rise of (real) cake	p. 140
Bitter alchemy	p. 148
Big and beautiful : lafite for 12	p. 158
An ode to hangover cures	p. 162
Crab rangoon and bongo bongo soup	p. 166
Sci-fi cooking tries dealing with reality	p. 174
See food	p. 181
Osso buco me? : Osso buco you!	p. 186
Where you'll sing for your supper	p. 190
Back to the bayou	p. 196
Street food : Jamaica	p. 202
A sonnet in two birds	p. 207
Some like it extra hot	p. 214
It's to die for	p. 223
The last burger stand	p. 228
Eat it while it's hot	p. 231
Food that makes you happy	p. 243
Mr. Clean	p. 256
Quintessential Californian	p. 260
Grilling with the steak whisperer	p. 268
Hickory house memories	p. 272
Norwegian wood	p. 280
Wok fragrant	p. 285
Brisket brought us together	p. 294
One-room wonder	p. 300
Many happy returns	p. 303
Expatriate games	p. 307
A taste of blogworld	p. 311
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