Great foodie books at Read Street
I missed the entry on foodie books yesterday over at the Read Street blog. (However, I noticed Dahlink didn't.) The photo with Dave's entry is of one of my favorite foodie books of all time, Alice, Let's Eat, by Calvin Trillin.
Trillin is near and dear to my heart because he once said to food critics (I'm paraphrasing here): WAS IT GOOD? I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IT TASTED GOOD. It reminds me not to get too creative in my descriptions.
Of course, my editor would have a heart attack if that's all I said in my review of a restaurant: The fish was good, the steak wasn't good, the salad was very good, the dessert was terrible.
But sometimes I'm tempted.
(Photo of Trillin by Albert Ferreira/Startraks)
Comments
I love anything written by the late Richard Olney. He was a tremendous influence on the local, seasonal movement in CA in the seventies. My all time favorite food quote was his answer to a question about Julia Child. "Just because she is on TV doesn't mean she knows how to cook." He did most of his cooking in the fireplace in his shack in Provence.
I love that quote. I had never heard it before. EL
Posted by: Mark | July 3, 2008 12:41 PM
I love both Julia Child and Calvin Trillin, and (as I said on the other blog) M.F.K. Fisher. There is room in my foodie library for all of them.
Posted by: Dahlink | July 3, 2008 2:31 PM
And, oh yes, as Mary reminded me over on the other blog, also Ruth Reichl!
Posted by: Dahlink | July 3, 2008 3:11 PM
I have another foodie book to add to my list. My sister (no, Rosebud, not you, my real sister) gave my "The Tenth Muse : my life in food" by Judith Jones, who edited Julia Child, James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Edna Lewis and many other great culinary authors. I hated to come to the end of it, but she includes several favorite recipes, so I know I will be picking it up from time to time. Highly recommended for foodies!
Posted by: Dahlink | December 29, 2008 1:50 PM