A Fork in the Road : Tales of Food, Pleasure and Discovery on the Road.

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9781743601105

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Staff, Lonely Planet Publications.

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Staff, Lonely Planet Publications.

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1 online resource (192 pages)

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Lonely Planet Travel Literature Ser.

Contents:

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- Consider the Twinkie -- We'll have the Cassoulet -- The Good Witch -- The Oyster Men -- Southern Exposure -- How to Eat for Free in Helsinki -- An Italian Education -- Afloat on the Amazon -- What Becomes a Lady -- Enchanted Isle -- They Eat Maggots, Don't They? -- Last Supper in Tuscany -- Chasing the Tail of Chiuchow -- Face to Face with Fugu -- High on the Hog in Georgia -- Stolen Apples, Yankee Pot Roast, and a Cabin by the Lake -- The Right Side of the Fall Line -- Omar Sharif Slept Here -- A Melancholic's Guide to Eating in Paris -- The Importance of Chicken Livers -- Cuisine by Design -- A Wedding Feast -- Leek of Faith -- Guns and Gluttony on the Campaign Trail -- A Taste of Coconut -- Fish Heads -- City of Wonder -- Devil in a Blue Apron -- The Boys of Summer -- A Coffee Ceremony -- Meat on the Hoof -- The Catch -- In My Mother's Kitchen -- Made by Hand -- Back Cover.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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2013

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Oakland :

Lonely Planet Publications,

2013.

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure and Discovery on the Road

2014 James Beard Award Nominee and 2014 Society of Travel Writers Foundation Thomas Lowell Travel Journalism Bronze Award Winner for Travel Book

Join us at the table for this 34-course banquet of original stories from food-obsessed writers and chefs sharing their life-changing food experiences.

The dubious joy of a Twinkie, the hunger-sauced rhapsody of fish heads, the grand celebration of an Indian wedding feast; the things we eat and the people we eat with remain powerful signposts in our memories, long after the plates have been cleared. Tuck in, and bon appetit!

Featuring tales from: James Oseland, Frances Mayes, Giles Coren, Curtis Stone, Annabel Langbein, Neil Perry, Tamasin Day-Lewis, Jay Rayner, Madhur Jaffrey, Michael Pollan, Josh Ozersky, Marcus Samuelsson, Naomi Duguid, Jane and Michael Stern, Francine Prose, Ma Thanegi, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Rita Mae Brown, Monique Truong, Fuschia Dunlop, David Kamp, Mas Masumoto, Daniel Vaughn, Tom Carson, Andre Aciman, MJ Hyland, Alan Richman, Beth Kracklauer, Sigrid Nunez, Chang Rae Lee, Julia Reed, Gael Greene

About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, a suite of inspiring travel pictorials, literature, and references, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travelers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.

Author Notes

A regular contributor to the New Yorker, The New York Review of Books and The New Republic, Andre Aciman was born in Alexandria: raised in Egypt, Italy, and France; and educated at Harvard.

He teaches literature at Bard College and lives in Manhattan.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Oseland (editor in chief, Saveur magazine) requested that those participating in this collection share the moment that they tasted something that changed them forever. Contributors range from Rita Mae Brown to Francine Prose to Michael Pollan. Probably the most humorous contribution is from food writers Jane and Michael Stern, who fondly remember the Naked City Truck Stop in Roselawn, IN. "We don't spend much time dining in strip clubs, so it was a little strange eating a meal surrounded by naked cooks, waitresses, and customers. But that's the way it was at the Adam and Eve Diner in 1974." Sadly, the diner is no more; it closed in 1986 after several run-ins with the law. Writer David Kamp writes that some of the best food he's ever eaten was during childhood vacations at Maple Cottages in Center Harbor, NH, where owner R.M. Fletcher did all the cooking, including a full-course turkey dinner and a New England boiled dinner. After dining all over the world, Kamp concludes, "My abiding culinary love is for...Mr. Fletcher food." Other entries in this deliciously varied tome include an Ethiopian coffee ceremony, reflections on the Twinkie, and memories of the food miracles that a poor mother could create using few modern conveniences. Verdict Foodies looking for something a bit different will be pleasantly satisfied.-Susan G. Baird, formerly with Oak Lawn P.L., IL (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.