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Kimbono
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Loving this! 🍁

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readingjedi
The Dinner Table: 100 Writers on Food | Kate Young, Ella Risbridger
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Another Christmas book - an absolute brick of a book, also totally gorgeous 😍

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Tamra
The Art of Eating | M. F. K. Fisher, Joan Reardon
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Since it‘s 12/1 (how how how?) I‘ve decided for the new year to make this my in-kitchen reread. As a collection of Fisher‘s books ranging from 1937-1949, it‘s perfect for dipping in & out. Her writing style is personable, wise, and all around delightful. I especially love the ingenuity forced by wartime shortages in How to Cook a Wolf, 1942. 🐺🍴

Chittavrtti I love MFK Fisher‘s writing ✍️ 3mo
Tamra @Chittavrtti 👏🏾 it‘s so conversational & engaging. 3mo
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Tamra
The Art of Eating | M. F. K. Fisher, Joan Reardon
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I agree with Fisher‘s sentiments here.

The preceding page has a simple rice pudding recipe (ala wartime wolf at the door) and I just had a fun conversation with husband and daughter about it. Husband and I love it, daughter is off-put by the texture. 😏 Now I‘m in the mood for some creamy, cold rice pudding. What a terrific breakfast it would make! Fisher suggests you can make it “classical” Riz fancy with a dollop of good jelly or jam.

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So I didn‘t know this was going to happen this year, but I‘ve slowly been reading my way through all of Bourdain‘s books. Some I hadn‘t read — like his graphic novels, which I just thought were okay — and others I‘ve read in new ways like this annotated version of KC that I really enjoyed. All I have left now is Les Halles CB, Typhoid Mary, and Bone in the Throat. Gone Bamboo I read on audio, and the format didn‘t work for me, so ⬇️

Megabooks I‘m going to try to squeeze in a print reread because I loved his short story collection in print. I‘m going to try to wrap up the year with some final thoughts after I finish them all. (edited) 4mo
Scochrane26 I didn‘t realize he wrote that many books. 4mo
Megabooks @Scochrane26 yeah, if I‘m counting correct it‘s 14, including the GNs, cookbooks, etc. There‘s so much, and a lot of it is quite different, but there‘s an interview with him in the back of the annotated KC where his editor talks about how distinct his voice is, and it‘s true and that‘s the one same thing about all of them. He had a secret Reddit account he used for BJJ posts, and he couldn‘t hide it well because he used that same voice. 4mo
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Scochrane26 I listened to Kitchen Confidential & liked it, but I‘ve never watched his shows or read more. 4mo
Megabooks @Scochrane26 I‘d read his early nonfiction when they came out (KC, A Cook‘s Tour, Medium Raw, Nasty Bits, Typhoid Mary), but that‘s as far as I‘d gone until this year. I watched the early seasons of No Reservations faithfully, but lost regular watching when I dropped cable. I‘ve gone through and watched more NR this year and some Parts Unknown. It‘s been nice. I seem to always have an author or two I deep dive each year, and he‘s been a good one! (edited) 4mo
BarbaraBB I love that you‘re so dedicated 🧑‍🍳! I love his travels! 4mo
Flaneurette Nice! I've been thinking about and slowly acquiring Louise Erdrich to attempt a deep dive next year/ not sure yet. I was always aware of AB but didn't properly appreciate him until after he was gone 😞 4mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB You know me -- I'm a completist! 4mo
Megabooks @Flaneurette Yes! I'd love to do her backlist, too, but it's very intimidating. She's such a prolific author! Yeah, I hadn't been as tuned into stuff the last few years of his life. It was hard to watch (what I could) of the last couple of seasons of Parts Unknown because he looked so miserable. I've lost four friends to suicide, and I really empathized with his friends and family. 4mo
BarbaraBB 😘 4mo
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Blueberry
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willaful Such a tear jerker... 6mo
Eggs Beautiful 🍎🥰🍏 6mo
JenniferEgnor I loved her writing in Gourmet Magazine. I miss it so much! That was the magazine that taught me how to cook. 6mo
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DebinHawaii
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#AboutABook

For today‘s #YouGifted prompt, here are three books I like to gift to foodie friends. 💙🍽️💙

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 👏🏻 7mo
Eggs Enchanting books!! 7mo
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merelybookish
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Pickpick

An idealistic Ruth Reichl becomes a food critic. The growth of her writing career parallels the emergence of modern American cuisine in CA. (I recognized many of the young chefs she writes about as Top Chef judges.) At the same time as she talks food, Reichl weaves in her personal life: her father's death, extramarital affairs, the demise of her 1st marriage, moves, a failed adoption.
Overall an easy and engaging listen.
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Librarybelle I have her books on my to read list! 7mo
Leftcoastzen Love her books 7mo
willaful This was such a tearjerker! 7mo
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