Over at another website, I've found a list of
this year's twenty best food books. Sadly, DR Cillaliz's book honoring her mother is not included, something I can only attribute to her not being in the NYC-based foodie circles, which can be terribly inbred.
Of the twenty, I have five.
Heat, by Bill Buford, is waiting to be read. I enjoyed both
The Reach of a Chef, by Michael Ruhlman, and
The United States of Arugula, by David Kamp. Anthony Bourdain's
The Nasty Bits was spotty, being a collection of writings that had been in magazines elsewhere, but he's still a dang good writer (he, of course, would use spicier language).
The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan) is the book I've mentioned several times here before. Thoroughly thought-provoking, I find myself having to put it down frequently to ponder what I've just read. I highly recommend it.
It's interesting how all five of these books are not
cookbooks, but rather writing about food.
If any of you have foodies on your Christmas gift list, the above might give you some ideas.
