A review by msgabbythelibrarian
Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee
5.0
"Our food reflects who we are as a people"
What a beautiful way to sum up this book. I have been familiar with Edward Lee since watching him on Top Chef; I have read his cookbook "Smoke and Pickles." But this book--part recipe book, part expose of American regions, part memoir--gave me a greater respect for this man not only as a chef, but as a human being.
"There is good food to be discovered everywhere. All it takes is an adventurous palate and an inquisitive mind. You can link both to the foods that sit in your memories.....It can link two things together that you might not have thought belonged together (buttermilk and graffiti). It is an adventure worth taking. It is a dish worth tasting." (Lee, 2018, pg. 310)
I now want to go explore the hidden haunts in cities; I want to truly sample the cuisine of the culture. I want to go to Cafe Du Monde. I want to go to Louisville. And I want to keep the recipes of my heritage alive. Yet make them uniquely mine. I am a melting pot =)
What a beautiful way to sum up this book. I have been familiar with Edward Lee since watching him on Top Chef; I have read his cookbook "Smoke and Pickles." But this book--part recipe book, part expose of American regions, part memoir--gave me a greater respect for this man not only as a chef, but as a human being.
"There is good food to be discovered everywhere. All it takes is an adventurous palate and an inquisitive mind. You can link both to the foods that sit in your memories.....It can link two things together that you might not have thought belonged together (buttermilk and graffiti). It is an adventure worth taking. It is a dish worth tasting." (Lee, 2018, pg. 310)
I now want to go explore the hidden haunts in cities; I want to truly sample the cuisine of the culture. I want to go to Cafe Du Monde. I want to go to Louisville. And I want to keep the recipes of my heritage alive. Yet make them uniquely mine. I am a melting pot =)