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About the Author

Tamar Adler is a contributing editor to Vogue. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, NewYorker.com, and other publications. Adler has won a James Beard Award and an IACP Award, and is also the author of An Everlasting Meal. She lives in Hudson, New show more York. show less

Works by Tamar Adler

Associated Works

Best Food Writing 2012 (2012) — Contributor — 43 copies
Carne: Meat Recipes from the Kitchen of the American Academy in Rome (2016) — Foreword, some editions — 6 copies

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Birthdate
20th Century
Gender
female
Nationality
USA

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Lovely and light. A bit of MFK Fisher, Robert Farrar Capon, and Laurie Colwin.
 
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fmclellan | 22 other reviews | Jan 23, 2024 |
A lovely if meandering source of inspiration for when cooking gets tedious.
 
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mmparker | 22 other reviews | Oct 24, 2023 |
Good to read for the stories as much as the recipes and ideas.
 
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mskrypuch | Sep 24, 2023 |
I think this book is written for foodies who supposedly don’t know how to cook. It didn’t really work for me in the amazing food aspects, but I did get a little bit more out of the how to parts. To me there are just some foods that don’t taste good, and so it’s somewhat frustrating listening to the author be so obsessed with certain items that just don’t sound appealing. I think this will work best for those who already love food the way the author does and can be cheered on accordingly (hence the foreword by Alice Waters), but I don’t feel any burning desire to try new things.… (more)
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spinsterrevival | 22 other reviews | Apr 16, 2023 |

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Rating
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