May The Stars Light Your Way
I’m currently reading HEAT: An Amateur’s Adventures As Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker and Apprentice to a Dante-quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford. I was considering bumping this book in favor of Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk to read on an upcoming vacation, but email…
After experiencing the petering-out of the second half of HEAT by Bill Buford, I’ve moved on to HAUNTED by Chuck Palahniuk. It’s got a scary-looking cover with a secret — it glows in the dark! Thematically, the book is about as far away from HEAT as you…
Number of books I own: Wendy estimates that we own over 400 books, appoximately 1/2 of which are cookbooks or kitchen related.
Last book bought: THE SEASONING OF A CHEF
Last book read: Just finished HEAT by Bill Buford
Five books that mean a lot to me: CULINARY ARTISTRY by Andrew Dorenberg and Karen Page, KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL by Anthony Bourdain, THE LORD OF THE RINGS series by J.R.R. Tolkein, HOW TO COOK EVERYTHING by Mark Bittman, and LITTLE, BIG by John Crowley.
Currently reading THE BIG OVER EASY by Jasper Fforde. He’s written several books that I’ve really enjoyed. I was turned on to him by my friend Cathy Gill. Â Â Next up… Â Â Â Â
After enjoying THE BIG OVER EASY by Jasper Fforde, it was a simple decision to roll right into… Â Â Â …which is the follow up book published only recently. I’ve got a signed copy, though I missed the actual book signing by three days (darnit!)…
I picked up ACCESS ALL AREAS: A User’s Guide to the Art of Urban Exploration on a lark — it’s light reading (not particularly well-written) on a subject that greatly interests me.
Next up… I’m not sure!
Currently reading The Reach of a Chef by fellow-Ohioan Michael Ruhlman. I’ve read the others in this series, The Making of a Chef and The Soul of a Chef, and enjoyed them both. When I saw this new book in the bookstore, it was an…