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Here's a list I took from Grub Street on the 25 Best Food Memoirs - I've read many of them, but one that they really liked which I haven't read is Heat by Bill Buford - anyone read that and is it worth buying?

25.Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang
24. Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
23. The Devil in the Kitchen by Marco Pierre White
22. The Telling Room by Michael Paterniti
21. A Tiger in the Kitchen by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
20. The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz
19. Born Round by Frank Bruni
18. Blue Plate Special by Kate Christensen
17. The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pépin
16. Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey
15. Shark's Fin & Sichuan Pepper by Fuschia Dunlop
14. Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
13. The Raw and the Cooked by Jim Harrison
12. The Man who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten
11. Alice, Let's Eat by Calvin Trillin
10. California Dish by Jeremiah Tower
9. When French Women Cook by Madeleine Kamman
8. Heat by Bill Buford
7. Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
6. Between Meals by A.J. Liebling
5. My Life in France by Julia Child
4. The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher
3. Toast by Nigel Slater
2. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
1. Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

I've read Heat. I remember that I enjoyed it, but nothing else about it. So it clearly wasn't all that memorable.

I really liked it. I even went to the butcher he apprenticed with in Tuscany.

Mart

I have a love/hate relationship with "Best of ..." lists. I always read them and seldom agree. Where are James Beard, Craig Claiborne, Elizabeth David, Richard Olney, and Edna Lewis?

fitzie

I too enjoyed Heat but borrowed it from the library. I don't miss not owning it.
I've only read 4 on the list!
Mary, wonder if we can get that on my agenda for this summer? I wonder how the kids will feel about that as a tourist stop

edit to add that Nancy and I cross posted...with the same thought, lol.

I read it and liked it but buy it? Don't think so. You can definitely get it from the library.
Nance

Jean, it is a cute little town (Panzano, or something like that). My family was a bit puzzled, but they are used to my ways by now.

Mary

20. The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz
8. Heat by Bill Buford
7. Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl*
5. My Life in France by Julia Child
2. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

I haven't read nearly enough of them! I will asterisk the Reichl book because I have read two of hers and I am not positive this was one of them. The Jaffrey book is on the shortlist for "soonish."

--Lisa

Edited to add: My favorite is still "An Embarassment of Mangos."

I've read quite a few and just requested 3 more from the library.

Read:
23. The Devil in the Kitchen by Marco Pierre White
20. The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz
19. Born Round by Frank Bruni
18. Blue Plate Special by Kate Christensen
17. The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pépin
15. Shark's Fin & Sichuan Pepper by Fuschia Dunlop
14. Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
12. The Man who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten
11. Alice, Let's Eat by Calvin Trillin
9. When French Women Cook by Madeleine Kamman
8. Heat by Bill Buford
7. Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
5. My Life in France by Julia Child
4. The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher
2. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
1. Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

Requested:
25.Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang
22. The Telling Room by Michael Paterniti
16. Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey

I do a lot of poolside reading in the summer so that's my time to catch up.

Nance

Somebody was telling me about Heat over the weekend. It's on my list to read soon.

Amy