Creating a Meal You'll Love: Notable Food Writers on Unique Dining Experiences
What is the one perfect meal that stays within your memory? In Creating a Meal You'll Love, an international array of 27 acclaimed chefs and food writers answer this question by evoking their most unique dining experiences — and reavealing what made them so deliciously special. Their essays are deeply personal, funny, moving, and insightful, and some even include mouthwatering recipes. Creating a Meal You'll Love is a delightful collection that every food lover will savor.
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A literal "cooks tour" for food lovers — more than 20 original, deliciously personal essays by such stars of the culinary world as Skye Gyngell and Michael Laiskonis (of the famed Le Bernadin) and popular food writers and bloggers like Julee Rosso, Amy Sherman, and Mimi Sheraton. In this literary feast, they reveal the dishes they love — and why. Cook Sister! Some essays are wistful; some are funny; some are informative, but a real love for food and its place in our lives shines through all of them. The beautiful essay by Raghavan Iyer entitled "Brahmin Soul Food: A Father's One-Way Journey to the Life Hereafter" will stay with you forever, and is worth the price of the book on its own if you ask me. With Christmas coming up, this book would make a lovely addition to the bookshelf of anybody who loves food - or simply loves good writing.
Introduction 8The Tastes of Christmas Past Jeanne Horak-Druiff 17Food Memories Denise Vivaldo 25Dinner At Richard's Nick Malgieri 33Inspired by An Ideal Meal: A Love Story of Family, Food, And Good Fortune Susur Lee 41Cooking By Cable David Sax 49The Most Important Meal of the Day Amy Sherman 57A Sweet End Jansen Chan 63Dinner With The Barone and The Baronessa Mary Ann Esposito 73For Old Time's Sake Mimi Sheraton 81A High-Stakes Game of Hot Pot Jaden Hair 89It all Ends in Samba Leticia Moreinos Schwartz 95All's Well that Eats Well Bart Potenza 105Feeding The Soul and the Senses Mika Takeuchi 115Lasagna You'll Love Ronald Holden 125Crêpe Complète Louisa Chu 135Who is at The Table? Anna Thomas 143Memories of Meals Gone By Skye Gyngell 153A Favorite Magic Meal Tracey Ryder 159Lessons From Papa Wendy Lyn 167The Last Supper Karen J. Coates 181Brahmin Soul Food: A Father's One-Way Journey to The Life Hereafter Raghavan Iyer 189White-Apron Syndrome Michael Paley 197An Ode to Julia Julee Rosso 203My Favorite Spaghetti Recipe Marcus Samuelsson 209My Life, My Meal Michael Laiskonis 213A Summer's Hidden Gem and A Winter's Feast Jonathan King 227Bumping Hips in The Kitchen Shauna James Ahern 239About the Editor 244Acknowledgments 245
