Secret Ingredients
A sample of the menu: Woody Allen on dieting the Dostoevski way Roger Angell on the art of the martini Don DeLillo on Jell-O Malcolm Gladwell on building a better ketchup Jane Kramer on the writers kitchen Chang-rae Lee on eating sea urchin Steve Martin on menu mores Alice McDermott on sex and ice cream Dorothy Parker on dinner conversation S. J. Perelman on a hollandaise assassin Calvin Trillin on New Yorks best bagel
In this indispensable collection, The New Yorker dishes up a feast of delicious writingfood and drink memoirs, short stories, tell-alls, and poems, seasoned with a generous dash of cartoons. M.F.K. Fisher pays homage to cookery witches, those mysterious cooks who possess an uncanny power over food, and Adam Gopnik asks if French cuisine is done for. There is Roald Dahls famous story Taste, in which a wine snobs palate comes in for some unwelcome scrutiny, and Julian Barness ingenious tale of a lifelong gourmand who goes on a very peculiar diet. Whether youre in the mood for snacking on humor pieces and cartoons or for savoring classic profiles of great chefs and great eaters, these offerings, from every age of The New Yorkers fabled eighty-year history, are sure to satisfy every taste.
In this indispensable collection, The New Yorker dishes up a feast of delicious writingfood and drink memoirs, short stories, tell-alls, and poems, seasoned with a generous dash of cartoons. M.F.K. Fisher pays homage to cookery witches, those mysterious cooks who possess an uncanny power over food, and Adam Gopnik asks if French cuisine is done for. There is Roald Dahls famous story Taste, in which a wine snobs palate comes in for some unwelcome scrutiny, and Julian Barness ingenious tale of a lifelong gourmand who goes on a very peculiar diet. Whether youre in the mood for snacking on humor pieces and cartoons or for savoring classic profiles of great chefs and great eaters, these offerings, from every age of The New Yorkers fabled eighty-year history, are sure to satisfy every taste.
Auteur | | David Remnick |
Taal | | Engels |
Type | | Paperback |
Categorie | | Kookboeken |