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My Usual Table

by Colman Andrews
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A vivid memoir and an "appealing" love letter to great restaurants by a James Beard Award winner and founding editor of Saveur (Los Angeles Times).
For Colman Andrews, restaurants have been his playground, his theater, his university, his church, his refuge. The establishments he has loved have not only influenced culinary trends at home and abroad, but represent the changing history and culture of food in America and Western Europe. From his usual table, he has watched the growth of Nouvelle Cuisine and fusion cuisine; the organic and locavore movements; nose-to-tail eating; and so-called "molecular gastronomy."
In My Usual Table, Andrews interweaves his own story—from growing up in the sunset years of Hollywood's golden age and dining at Chasen's and Trader Vic's to traveling the world in pursuit of great food—with tales of the restaurants, chefs, and restaurateurs who are emblematic of the revolutions great and small that have forever changed the way we eat, cook, and think about food.
"In the hands of a less adept writer, Andrews' narratives of movie stars cavorting in their favorite restaurant haunts or dining at his parents' house might seem mere name-dropping, but his respect and affection for these celebrities make for enjoyable storytelling." —Booklist
"A compelling writer . . . his descriptions of restaurants past will lead readers who chronicle their own days in Instagrammed meals on an adventure in armchair time travel." —San Francisco Chronicle
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Publisher: HarperCollins

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  • Release date: December 15, 2023

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  • ISBN: 9780062136503
  • Release date: December 15, 2023

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  • ISBN: 9780062136503
  • File size: 6315 KB
  • Release date: December 15, 2023
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Biography & Autobiography Cooking & Food Essays Nonfiction

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A vivid memoir and an "appealing" love letter to great restaurants by a James Beard Award winner and founding editor of Saveur (Los Angeles Times).
For Colman Andrews, restaurants have been his playground, his theater, his university, his church, his refuge. The establishments he has loved have not only influenced culinary trends at home and abroad, but represent the changing history and culture of food in America and Western Europe. From his usual table, he has watched the growth of Nouvelle Cuisine and fusion cuisine; the organic and locavore movements; nose-to-tail eating; and so-called "molecular gastronomy."
In My Usual Table, Andrews interweaves his own story—from growing up in the sunset years of Hollywood's golden age and dining at Chasen's and Trader Vic's to traveling the world in pursuit of great food—with tales of the restaurants, chefs, and restaurateurs who are emblematic of the revolutions great and small that have forever changed the way we eat, cook, and think about food.
"In the hands of a less adept writer, Andrews' narratives of movie stars cavorting in their favorite restaurant haunts or dining at his parents' house might seem mere name-dropping, but his respect and affection for these celebrities make for enjoyable storytelling." —Booklist
"A compelling writer . . . his descriptions of restaurants past will lead readers who chronicle their own days in Instagrammed meals on an adventure in armchair time travel." —San Francisco Chronicle
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Cooking & Food Essays Nonfiction