Reading Food
I've recently been thinking about how I'd like to read more food writing, both of the blog and book variety--not just about food politics or about recipes, but about the sensual, visceral, personal stories people have with food. To that end, I'd taken on a summer project of exploring popular food blogs and books, starting with this list from Saveur: The 2011 SAVEUR Best Food Blog Awards: The Winner.
I also just read through Saveur's A Brief History of Food Blogs, to get a sense of where Dining and Opining fits into all of this.
Some books I'd like to read include:
I also just read through Saveur's A Brief History of Food Blogs, to get a sense of where Dining and Opining fits into all of this.
Some books I'd like to read include:
- Anything by M. F. K. Fisher, but especially The Art of Eating (and also her biography, An Extravagant Hunger)
- Anything by Ruth Reichl: Tender at the Bone, Comfort Me with Apples, Garlic and Sapphires
- The Man Who Ate Everything, by Jeffrey Steingarten
- And maybe an anthology like this one: Best Food Writing 2010
- ooh, and this one! Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
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