Tag Archives: Food

Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss

American Literature

Synopsis: Subtitled: “How the Food Giants Hooked Us.” Review: Salt Sugar Fat explores the processed food industry in such well-researched detail that anyone who reads it will no longer be able to view grocery store food as actual food. My family has been moving closer to a diet composed of real foods for quite some time now, but still have some dependence on packaged foods (especially cereal). While I don’t think I’ll ever achieve 100% homemade status, we are slowly but surely eliminating processed food…

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Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton

American Literature 2 Comments

Synopsis: A memoir by the chef-owner of Prune in New York City’s East Village. Review: I loved Blood, Bones, and Butter, and not just because I have eaten at Prune. Gabrielle Hamilton’s memoir is more than just a restaurant tale–it’s an eyewitness account of the gentrification of both New York City, and of a street smart, fearless woman with a work ethic you just won’t believe. My favorite section of the book was an extended musing on what it means to be a “woman chef.”…

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Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain

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Synopsis: Essays from the chef, commentator, and food chronicler who wrote Kitchen Confidential. Review: I picked up Medium Raw through a sale on Audible, drawn in by the chance to hear Anthony Bourdain read his own book. I really really like the sound of his voice, except for the way he pronounces “restaurant” to rhyme with “runt.” (Or another word he’s really fond of that I won’t type here.) I enjoyed but didn’t love it. I was promised way more Top Chef trivia than I…

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