Choice cuts : a savory selection of food writing from around the world and throughout history /
Choice cuts : a savory selection of food writing from around the world and throughout history /
edited and illustrated by Mark Kurlansky.
- First edition.
- xix, 473 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes index.
Gourmets and gourmands -- Food and sex -- Memorable meals -- Favorite restaurants -- Markets -- Not eating -- Rants -- On bread alone -- The mystery of eggs -- Eating your vegetables -- A hill of beans -- The fish that didn't get away -- Poultry, fowl, and other ill-fated birds -- The meat of the matter -- Easy on the starch -- A pinch of seasoning -- Just a salad -- The thing about truffles -- Loving fat -- Bearing fruit -- The dark side of chocolate -- Their just desserts -- A good drink -- Bugs -- The French -- The English -- The Americans -- The Germans -- The politics of food -- What does it mean?
"In this collection Mark Kurlansky serves up a true smorgasbord of "Choice Cuts" by the world's most discerning gourmets and gourmands through the ages - from Plato on the art of cooking to Louis Prima at the pizzeria. Filled throughout with recipes, menus, classic photographs, and Mark Kurlansky's own original drawings, Choice Cuts is a must-have for any serious "foodie.""--BOOK JACKET.
0142004936 9780142004937
Gastronomy--Literary collections
Cooking--Literary collections
Dinners and dining--Literary collections
Food habits--Literary collections
Food writing
641.3
Includes index.
Gourmets and gourmands -- Food and sex -- Memorable meals -- Favorite restaurants -- Markets -- Not eating -- Rants -- On bread alone -- The mystery of eggs -- Eating your vegetables -- A hill of beans -- The fish that didn't get away -- Poultry, fowl, and other ill-fated birds -- The meat of the matter -- Easy on the starch -- A pinch of seasoning -- Just a salad -- The thing about truffles -- Loving fat -- Bearing fruit -- The dark side of chocolate -- Their just desserts -- A good drink -- Bugs -- The French -- The English -- The Americans -- The Germans -- The politics of food -- What does it mean?
"In this collection Mark Kurlansky serves up a true smorgasbord of "Choice Cuts" by the world's most discerning gourmets and gourmands through the ages - from Plato on the art of cooking to Louis Prima at the pizzeria. Filled throughout with recipes, menus, classic photographs, and Mark Kurlansky's own original drawings, Choice Cuts is a must-have for any serious "foodie.""--BOOK JACKET.
0142004936 9780142004937
Gastronomy--Literary collections
Cooking--Literary collections
Dinners and dining--Literary collections
Food habits--Literary collections
Food writing
641.3