Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine
✍ Scribed by Lee, Edward
- Book ID
- 110366306
- Publisher
- Artisan
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 473 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781579658519
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✦ Synopsis
**"Thoughtful, well researched, and truly moving. Shines a light on what it means to cook and eat American food, in all its infinitely nuanced and ever-evolving glory."
—Anthony Bourdain
Named one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Food Books for Spring 2018**
American food is the story of mash-ups. Immigrants arrive, cultures collide, and out of the push-pull come exciting new dishes and flavors. But for Edward Lee, who, like Anthony Bourdain or Gabrielle Hamilton, is as much a writer as he is a chef, that first surprising bite is just the beginning. What about the people behind the food? What about the traditions, the innovations, the memories?
A natural-born storyteller, Lee decided to hit the road and spent two years uncovering fascinating narratives from every corner of the country. There's a Cambodian couple in Lowell, Massachusetts, and their efforts to re-create the flavors of their lost country. A Uyghur café in New...