American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes
, . . Library of America, $40 (753pp) ISBN 978-1598530056
This exhaustive collection of essays, anecdotes and recipes spans three centuries of American food writing, from Meriwether Lewis's account of killing “two bucks and two buffaloe†during his famous trek across the continent, to Michael Pollan's up-to-the-minute account of the politics of organic food. In between are countless gems: Alice B. Toklas's baroque recipe for lobster, Richard Olney's meditation on pâté and Edna Lewis's poignant description of killing hogs on her family farm. Ably organized and edited by the former host of the PBS series
Reviewed on: 12/31/2007
Genre: Nonfiction
Paperback - 753 pages - 978-1-59853-041-4