In honor of the new book by author Douglas Gayeton called “Slow: A Life in a Tuscan Town” a celebration of local and delicious food is taking place on Wednesday, November 18. Called “A Slow Taste of Tuscany” thirty-three restaurants across North America have been chosen to participate. One of these restaurants is Madison’s own […]
Category Archives: Food Book Reviews
Mark Kurlansky – “The Food of a Younger Land” Riverhead Books 2009 Nowadays it’s fashionable to gripe about how bad the food we eat is. From movies like “Supersize Me” and the soon-to-be-released “Food Inc.” to books like “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “Fast Food Nation” it appears America’s hunger for books and movies bashing our […]
After reading Michael Ruhlman’s short list of recommended books on his blog, I checked out Phoebe Damrosch’s “Service Included – Four Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter” from my local library. Like most people interested in food the mention of the name Thomas Keller captures my attention. It all started with Anthony Bourdain’s “A Cook’s […]
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