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Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
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John Carlin, “If the World’s Greatest Chef Cooked for a Living, He’d Starve,” Guardian, December 11, 2006, http://observer.theguardian.com/foodmonthly/futureoffood/story/0,,1969713,00.html
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Consider the Lobster
An exploration of the annual Maine Lobster Festival, its history, cultural significance, and the strange paradox of lobster being considered a high-class delicacy despite its lowly origins.
columbia.eduI am always impressed by a well-written menu, one that is informative and appetizing without slipping into pretentious nonsense. Here, for example, is a London restaurant’s attempt to justify the exorbitant price of its whitebait: “The tiny fresh fish are tossed by our chef for a few fleeting seconds into a bath of boiling oil, and then removed
... See morePeter Mayle • Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France (Vintage Departures)

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Paul Theroux • Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China
The Paper Millionaire, by some Arab-turned-Englishman named Roger Shashoua. He sat