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A review by sandyd
Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times by Amanda Hesser
4.0
This is a short little book, with a bunch of snack-sized (but delicious) essays. The first one in there (by author Ann Patchett) was kind of a dud, so I set it down and didn't pick it up again until right before it was due at the library - but most of the rest of the pieces in it were amazing. Several very funny bits, more than a couple that made me tear up - all in all, wonderful if you like reading about food.
My favorites: a chef who tries to grow almond flavored carrots, the guy who hates dessert because of his experiences as a teenager working at an ice cream parlor, a Chinese woman who writes about Tang in Beijing, Julia Child failing a cooking test, Tucker Carlson working at a B&M bean factory...ah, too many to list. Read it yourself and tell me which you like.
My favorites: a chef who tries to grow almond flavored carrots, the guy who hates dessert because of his experiences as a teenager working at an ice cream parlor, a Chinese woman who writes about Tang in Beijing, Julia Child failing a cooking test, Tucker Carlson working at a B&M bean factory...ah, too many to list. Read it yourself and tell me which you like.