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Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes

by Amanda Hesser

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Life in the city, love, and unforgettable meals — can a food writer find happiness with a man who has an empty refrigerator?

Amanda Hesser's irresistible new book is the tale of a romance where food is the source of discovery, discord, and delight — a story of universal desires: good food, great company, and a mate.

At each stage of her courtship — from her first date with Mr. Latte (a near-disaster) to her first uneasy dinner at his parents' home, from intimate suppers in her Upper West Side apartment to his first attempt at cooking for her — Amanda supplies menus for the meals they share: more than one hundred well-balanced and well-seasoned recipes that will leave you satisfied yet wanting more.

With warmth and honesty, Amanda shares her feasts and foibles, triumphs and near-misses, tense encounters and good times in the kitchen and beyond. Her humorous, sensuous tale leads us date by date, recipe by recipe, to a jubilant conclusion. 42 b/w illustrations.

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"Recipes, restaurant critiques, and food lore — all agreeably season...Hesser's beguiling story of her two loves: food and the initially unpromising Mr. Latte....A yummy treat even for fans of Sanka and Michelob." Kirkus Reviews

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"[T]he text here comes across as shallow and lacking in wisdom....The pervasive feeling of superficiality and calculation is compounded by the cutesy cartoons of Hesser as a sleek, big-eyed little doll. Self-promotion has its uses, but perhaps it should also have its limits — though this book will decidedly get some play among the socially, and culinarily, ambitious." Publishers Weekly

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"[C]harming and smart....Cooking for Mr. Latte addresses a tantalizing question: does eternal love require similar tastes?...Trading blow for blow in a game of culinary teasing, [Hesser and Mr. Latte] are the Hepburn and Grant of kitchen comedy." Rand Richards Cooper, The New York Times Book Review

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Life in the city, love, and unforgettable meals — can a food writer find happiness with a man who has an empty refrigerator?

Synopsis:

Amanda Hesser's irresistible new book is the tale of a romance where food is the source of discovery, discord, and delight — a story of universal desires: good food, great company, and a mate.
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About the Author

Amanda Hesser is a food reporter and columnist for the New York Times. She is the author of the award-winning cookbook The Cook and the Gardener.
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David Zinman, February 12, 2012 (view all comments by David Zinman)
It was interesting to read of a courtship that embodies the way to a man's heart is through his stomach from the female perspective when, as a male, I always thought it was a secret. It inspired me to the point that I successfully shared my culinary skills and ended up with a wife!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393051964
Subtitle:
A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes
Author:
Hesser, Amanda
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Cookery
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Love & Romance
Subject:
Courtship
Copyright:
2003
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
1.
Publication Date:
May 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.66x6.38x1.23 in. 1.31 lbs.
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Product details 288 pages W. W. Norton & Company - English 9780393051964 Reviews:
"Review" by , "Recipes, restaurant critiques, and food lore — all agreeably season...Hesser's beguiling story of her two loves: food and the initially unpromising Mr. Latte....A yummy treat even for fans of Sanka and Michelob."
"Review" by , "[T]he text here comes across as shallow and lacking in wisdom....The pervasive feeling of superficiality and calculation is compounded by the cutesy cartoons of Hesser as a sleek, big-eyed little doll. Self-promotion has its uses, but perhaps it should also have its limits — though this book will decidedly get some play among the socially, and culinarily, ambitious."
"Review" by , "[C]harming and smart....Cooking for Mr. Latte addresses a tantalizing question: does eternal love require similar tastes?...Trading blow for blow in a game of culinary teasing, [Hesser and Mr. Latte] are the Hepburn and Grant of kitchen comedy."
"Synopsis" by , Life in the city, love, and unforgettable meals — can a food writer find happiness with a man who has an empty refrigerator?
"Synopsis" by , Amanda Hesser's irresistible new book is the tale of a romance where food is the source of discovery, discord, and delight — a story of universal desires: good food, great company, and a mate.
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