Publisher's Synopsis
An anthology of the best and most entertaining food writing from the last 60 years of "Gourmet" magazine, edited and introduced by author Ruth Reichl. The pieces have been penned by some of the world's best food and fiction writers, including MFK Fisher, Annie Proulx, Claudia Roden, Ruth Harkness, Anita Loos, Pat Conroy, James Beard, Edna O'Brien, Madhur Jaffrey, Ray Bradbury, Paul Theroux, Elizabeth David, and many others.;In the best food-writing tradition, they bring every kind of eating experience home to the armchair gourmand. They write about gourmet travels, from Paris to Shanghai, Tibet to Umbria. They delve into weird and wonderful foods, from dandelion wine to lobster, cocktail parties to Pueblo Indian breads. And they celebrate some of the vital personalities of the food world: Elizabeth David, M.F.K. Fisher, James Beard, Escoffier and Lucius Beebe.
