Best Food Writing 2006

by Hughes, Holly

• ISBN13: 9781569242872
• ISBN10: 1569242879
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-28
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

Best Food Writing 2006 assembles, for its seventh 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 2006 round-up will include pieces from food-writing stars such as Robb Walsh, Ruth Reichl, Thomas McNamee, John Thorne, Calvin Trillin, Amanda Hesser, 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 series since its 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

The meal : grass-fed	p. 2
A grand experiment	p. 10
Proud heritage	p. 19
Fleshy and full of life	p. 28
Stuffed animals	p. 33
Mackerel punts and pilchards	p. 42
Fulton Street fish market	p. 51
Tales of a supertaster	p. 58
Italian butcher shop blues	p. 63
Taking the (fruit) cake	p. 68
Late-night chitlins with momma	p. 74
My life with rice	p. 80
Jambon dreams	p. 85
Chef's homemade secret	p. 98
Macaroni and lots of cheese	p. 102
The pilgrims didn't brine	p. 107
Sometimes, mother knows best	p. 113
It takes a tough man to make tender Tofu	p. 116
The blowtorch gourmet	p. 120
An unexpected kitchen	p. 124
The quest	p. 133
Lobster killer	p. 147
La Belle France	p. 156
Putting Le Bec-Fin to the test	p. 160
Vive La Restaurant	p. 166
My parents are driving me to drink	p. 171
The fish that surpasses all understanding	p. 176
Ho Chi Minh City	p. 182
Eating space	p. 187
Mama's house	p. 192
Two cooks	p. 204
Southern exposure	p. 216
The romantic ideal	p. 227
My dinners with Andre	p. 237
Pasta-maker	p. 243
A mentor named misty	p. 249
An encyclopedia of seafood cookery	p. 253
Meet David Bouley	p. 259
Life on the line	p. 263
New year's meltdown	p. 269
Formal dining be damned	p. 283
They got game	p. 289
The egg men	p. 296
The business of the restaurant business	p. 313
A critic at every table	p. 318
A letter from New Orleans	p. 326
Spy vs. spy	p. 332
Twelve meals a day	p. 338
Reality bites	p. 345
Back to the Zak	p. 350
One last meal in the old New Orleans	p. 354
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