Endless Feasts - (Modern Library Food) by Gourmet Magazine (Paperback)

About the Book

This sumptuous compendium of food and travel essays, culled from the archives of "Gourmet" magazine, features beautifully rendered stories and unforgettable meals in the most interesting and unlikely places.

Book Synopsis

Contributors to endless feasts include:

James Beard/Cooking with James Beard: Pasta
Ray Bradbury/Dandelion Wine
Robert P. Coffin/Night of Lobster
Laurie Colwin/A Harried Cook's Guide to Some Fast Food
Pat Conroy/The Romance of Umbria
Elizabeth David/Edouard de Pomiane
M.F.K. Fisher/Three Swiss Inns
Ruth Harkness/In a Tibetan Lamasery
Madhur Jaffrey/An Indian Reminiscence
Anita Loos/Cocktail Parties of the Twenties
George Plimpton/I, Bon Vivant, Who, Me?
E. Annie Proulx/The Garlic War
Claudia Roden/The Arabian Picnic
Jane and Michael Stern/Two for the Road: Havana, North Dakota
Paul Theroux/All Aboard! Cross the Rockies in Style

Review Quotes

"[The] cream of gastronomic prose." --Newsday

"An ongoing history of our national adventures at the table." --from the Introduction by Ruth Reichl

"A banquet of portraits and reminiscences."--Publishers Weekly

"[Gourmet's] tastiest morsels." --Entertainment Weekly

About the Author

Ruth Reichl is the New York Times bestselling author of five memoirs, two works of fiction (The Paris Novel and Delicious!), and the cookbook My Kitchen Year. She was editor in chief of Gourmet magazine and previously served as restaurant critic for The New York Times, as well as food editor and restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. She has been honored with six James Beard Awards.