The Best American Food Writing 2018
by Ruth Reichl (Editor)
Best American Food Writing (2018), Best American (2018)
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In this inaugural edition in a new series, Ruth Reichl [collects] pieces originally published in a wide range of venues ... There are odes to dining scenes, like Karen Brooks's two-fisted defense of Portland, Ore., as a great pizza city ... as well as profiles of foodie celebs like Mary H.K. Choi's ... take on ... Christina Tosi and Kushbu Shah's pilgrimage to Ree Drummond's remote Oklahoma eatery. Politics are a constant, with Jane Black's ... 'Revenge of the Lunch Lady' contemplating the show more policy and culinary implications of free lunch programs in the Trump administration, while Shane Mitchell in 'Who Owns Uncle Ben?' delves into the racial history of rice in America"--Publisher's Weekly, 08/27/2018. show lessTags
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There’s something -- surely, several somethings -- for everyone in this anthology of 28 essays, which are nominally about food but also necessarily about history, travel, politics, culture and agriculture.
Plus, my favorite aspect of anthologies is their exposure to writers (and publications) that are new-to-me. Here, I found two especially memorable writers to follow: Marissa Higgins (from her memoir-ish essay about her grandmother, “The Struggle of ‘Eating Well’ When You’re Poor”); and Chris Offutt (with his hilarious -- and tender -- narrative voice in “The Country Sausage That’s Going to Town”).
And there’s more: an appendix listing about 100 more “Notable” essays, seven of which I’ve marked to look show more up.
(Review based on an advance reading copy provided by the publisher.) show less
Plus, my favorite aspect of anthologies is their exposure to writers (and publications) that are new-to-me. Here, I found two especially memorable writers to follow: Marissa Higgins (from her memoir-ish essay about her grandmother, “The Struggle of ‘Eating Well’ When You’re Poor”); and Chris Offutt (with his hilarious -- and tender -- narrative voice in “The Country Sausage That’s Going to Town”).
And there’s more: an appendix listing about 100 more “Notable” essays, seven of which I’ve marked to look show more up.
(Review based on an advance reading copy provided by the publisher.) show less
This was a thoroughly enjoyable book. Glad my daughter picked it up at the library. Looking forward to 2019 Best of American Food Writing.
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Ruth Reichl was born in New York City on January 16, 1948. In 1970, she graduated from the University of Michigan with a M.A. in art history. She became a food writer and magazine editor for New West magazine. Later she worked for the Los Angeles Times, first as the restaurant editor and then food editor. She received two James Beard Awards. In show more 1993, she moved back to New York to become the restaurant critic for The New York Times. She was the editor in chief of Gourmet Magazine for ten years. She is the author of the memoirs Garlic and Sapphires, Tender at the Bone, and Comfort Me with Apples and the novel Delicious! Her latest book, My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life, was published in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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