Eatin’ and Drinkin’: Books about consuming

2021-02-01T11:21:48-05:00

Fourth Estate, 2004 Antony Wild's Coffee: A Dark History One of the coolest bits of Antony Wild's work is waiting for readers in the appendix: The Find at Kush. And what is it? Well, this is non-fiction, right? So it's hardly a spoiler to say that they found

Eatin’ and Drinkin’: Books about consuming2021-02-01T11:21:48-05:00

“An Ex-Mas Feast”

2014-03-15T18:26:49-04:00

So, usually when there is a giveaway for an event or a challenge I opt out, but I didn't notice that there were prizes for Amy's Nigerian Independence Day reading event. Not until I noticed that I'd been lucky enough to win a copy of The Granta Book of the

“An Ex-Mas Feast”2014-03-15T18:26:49-04:00

Chef: The perfect tale for foodies

2014-03-15T18:25:01-04:00

Jaspreet Singh's Chef Vintage Canada, 2008 Kirpal is on the train when he overhears a child ask her mother what people miss most when they die. He thinks, food. "We miss peaches, strawberries, delicacies like Sandhurst curry, kebab pasanda and rogan josh. The dead do not eat marzipan. The smell

Chef: The perfect tale for foodies2014-03-15T18:25:01-04:00

Tolkien’s The Father Christmas Letters

2026-03-10T10:25:53-04:00

Methuen, 1976 Did you even know about these? The first was written by J.R.R. Tolkien to his children in 1920, and the collection was edited by Baillie Tolkien. (The last one, too, appears in the collection, although it's just a sampling of the oeuvre.) I discovered it this

Tolkien’s The Father Christmas Letters2026-03-10T10:25:53-04:00

On Your Plate: Two Foodie Reads

2014-03-15T18:22:30-04:00

Oran B. Hesterman's Fair Food Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All NY: Public Affairs, 2011 Though viewed through a consistently American lens, Fair Food has much of value to offer readers and eaters beyond those borders. In his introduction, Hesterman draws lines between what others who have written

On Your Plate: Two Foodie Reads2014-03-15T18:22:30-04:00
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