Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times (First Edition)

Amanda Hesser (editor); Billy Collins; George Saunders; James Salter; Tom Perrotta; Ann Patchett; Tucker Carlson; Kiran Desai; Dorothy Allison; Dan Barber (contributors)

ISBN 10: 0393067637 / ISBN 13: 9780393067637

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2008

About this Item

First printing, with full number line. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean, very tight copy with price ($24.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Very fine but for tiny bump on foot of spine, and very lightly bowed front board. F2385.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times (First Edition)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393067637
• ISBN 13: 9780393067637
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Memorable moments with food―collected by "one of the best of the young food writers" (Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue food critic).

New York Times Magazine food editor Amanda Hesser has showcased the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading writers―playwrights, screenwriters, novelists, poets, journalists―in the magazine. Eat, Memory collects the twenty-six best stories and recipes to accompany them.Ann Patchett confronts her stubbornness in a heated argument she once had with her then-boyfriend, now husband, over dinner at the famed Paris restaurant Taillevent. Tom Perrotta explains how his long list of food aversions almost landed him in an East German prison. Gabrielle Hamilton finds that hiring a blind cook leads her into ethical terrain she wasn't prepared to navigate. And poet Billy Collins muses over his relationship with a fish he once ate.Also included are stories by Chang-rae Lee, Patricia Marx, John Burnham Schwartz, George Saunders, Colson Whitehead, Kiran Desai, Pico Iyer, and Heidi Julavits, among others. 6 illustrations

About the Author

Amanda Hesser is the founder and executive chair of Food52, which also encompasses the heritage brands Schoolhouse and Dansk, as well as a former New York Times food editor and the author of the bestselling and James Beard Award–winning Essential New York Times Cookbook. She lives in Brooklyn.