Eat, Memory by Amanda Hesser
August 11th, 2009Title: Eat, Memory
Author: Amanda Hesser (edited by)
Publisher: W.W. Norton (2009)
I like reading books about food. I don’t know why really. I’m not very adventurous when I eat. I would be satisfied to eat Mac & Cheese every night and I think I have the least discerning taste buds ever. That said, I enjoy food writing…which is why I decided to check this book out.
Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table, a Collection of Essays from the New York Times edited by Amanda Hesser is a good book of short stories about the writers’ experiences with food. There were a number of very good stories, but my favorite was “A Not-So-Simple Plan” by Patricia Marx. She wrote about a dinner party she once threw that was not perfect. And this is not acceptable for Patricia Marx. It was very funny to read, causing me to laugh out loud a couple of times. An example:
And when I prepare for others, I prepare with abandon. My rule of thumb: The serving size per person is in fact twelve to fourteen times that indicated by the recipe.
heh heh. That’s a funny line.
Anyway…this is a nice book that is very simple to read. Obviously all of the chapters are independent of each other, so you can just take a few minutes at a time to read the entire book.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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August 12th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
My sister went to culinary school this year, so I have been on a JAG for these kind of books. I’m adding this one to my list.