Comments on: Read It and Eat

By: JoeHoya

JoeHoya — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:15:45 +0000

I haven’t seen the 2008 volume yet, but 2007 included a piece from Steven Shaw that first appeared in eGullet’s The Daily Gullet. It also had pieces from http://www.gremolata.com and http://www.leitesculinaria.com – more food sites than blogs, per se.

Amazon’s look inside shows that they’ve got an article from Jane Black at the Washington Post as well as the previously mentioned Carman piece. As far as the internets go, I see something from culinate.com and something from eGullet. I think that may be it for ’08.

Endless Simmer and Capital Spice for Best Food Writing 2009…who’s with me?

By: gansie

gansie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:32:43 +0000

that’s super cool that blog posts are included in this series. do you know which blogs?

By: JoeHoya

JoeHoya — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:02:25 +0000

Solid suggestions, all. I'd also add: David Kamp's "United States of Arugula" for a good history of American thinking toward food Bill Buford's "Heat" for a well-written look into Mario Batali's kitchen as well as his influences that's only tangentially about Batali The annually published "Best Food Writing" series, edited by Holly Hughes. These are great collections of short stories, essays, articles and even blog posts that give a terrific overview of what's being discussed in the food world in any given year. This year's edition (2008) just came out last month, and it includes one of Tim Carman's Young & Hungry columns from the Washington City Paper.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:53:05 +0000

Ooh, I love Barbara Kingsolver’s book. It’s on my nightstand right now – I’m re-reading it

By: Britannia

Britannia — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:31:11 +0000

This is such a great idea. Are we going to be tested?!?!

… although, way to highlight the lack of food related books on my shelf.

By: belmontmedina

belmontmedina — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:09:30 +0000

Yes! I love book club! I would like to add “Julie and Julia.”