Staff Pick
This book exceeded my expectations. I picked it up, craving some light reading, and instead was surprised to find a mix of science, romance, travel, and personal stories. This is an informative adventure into the culinary scene, and serves as a great springboard into a variety of subjects. Recommended By Connor M., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
For fourteen years, Best Food Writing has served up the creme de la creme of the year's food writing. The 2014 edition once again offers the tastiest prose of the year, from a range of voices: food writing stars, James Beard Award winners, writer-chefs, bestselling authors, and up-and-coming bloggers alike. With new sections devoted to "A Table for Everyone" and "Back to Basics," you'll find a topic and a flavor for every appetitethe cutting-edge, the thoughtful, the provocative, and the hilariousa smorgasbord of treats for the foodie in all of us.
Contributors include: Elissa Altman, Dan Barber, Monica Bhide, Sara Bir, John Birdsall, Jane Black, Frank Bruni, Albert Burneko, Tom Carson, Brent Cunningham, John T. Edge, Barry Estabrook, Amy Gentry, Adam Gopnik, Matt Goulding, John Gravois, Alex Halberstadt, Sarah Henry, Jack Hitt, Steve Hoffman, Ann Hood, Silas House, Rowan Jacobsen, John Kessler, Kate Krader, Francis Lam, David Leite, Irvin Lin, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Daniella Martin, Dave Mondy, Erin Byers Murray, Rick Nichols, Kim O'Donnel, Josh Ozersky, Kevin Pang, Ben Paynter, Michael Procopio, Jay Rayner, Besha Rodell, Anna Roth, Adam Sachs, Eli Saslow, David Sax, Oliver Strand, Laura Taxel, JT Torres, Molly Watson, Joe Yonan, Eagranie Yuh
Review
Booklist, 10/1/14
This book is a menu of delicious food, colorful characters, and tales of strange and wonderful food adventures that make for memorable meals and stories.”
Synopsis
The fifteenth annual edition of this classic food writing anthologythe book that will delight anyone who enjoys the pleasures of a good read and a good meal” ( Library Journal, starred review)with more than 100,000 copies sold of the previous editions.
Synopsis
For thirteen years nowa bakers dozen!the annual Best Food Writing anthology has become known as THE place where readers and food writers meet to celebrate the most delicious prose of the year, from a dynamic mix of seasoned food writing stars and intriguing new voices. Youll find every course served up, from entertaining blogs to provocative journalism, from richly detailed profiles to tender memoirs. Best Food Writing 2013 offers one-stop shopping for the foodie in all of us.
Synopsis
For fourteen years, the crème de la crème of the years food writing has been served up in the Best Food Writing seriesand this years edition is no different.
Best Food Writing 2014 celebrates the most delicious prose from the past year, with a dynamic mix of seasoned food-writing stars and intriguing new voices. With as much variety as a five-course mealfrom entertaining blogs to provocative journalism, from richly detailed profiles to tender memoirits a veritable feast for the foodie in all of us.
[N]ot only will you pick up some great stories, but you will also be exposed to a range of writers who otherwise might get lost in the expansive field of food writing.”SeriousEats.com
About the Author
Holly Hughes has edited the annual Best Food Writing series since its inception in 2000. The former executive editor of Fodors Travel Publications, she is also author of
Frommers 500 Places for Food and Wine Lovers and
Frommers 500 Places to Take the Kids Before They Grow Up. She lives with her family in New York City.
hollyahughes.net