Coming home. Crossing to safety / Dorothy Allison. The great carrot caper / Dan Barber -- The fish / Billy Collins -- The squeamish American / Tom Perrotta -- The absolutely no-anything diet / George Saunders. Discoveries. The sixth sense / Gary Shteyngart -- The dining room wars / R. W. Apple Jr. -- I scream / Colson Whitehead -- Orange crush / Yiyun Li -- Michelin man / James Salter. Struggles. A not-so-simple plan / Patricia Marx -- The sauce and the fury / Julia Child with Alex Prud'Homme -- Bean there / Tucker Carlson -- Home turf / Kiran Desai -- Line of sight / Gabrielle Hamilton. Loss. Expatriate games / John Burnham Schwartz -- Inward bound / Chang-Rae Lee -- Our Lady of Lawson / Pick Iyer -- American dreams / Jon Robin Baitz -- Compliments of the nurse / Dawn Drzal. Coming home. Turning Japanese / Heidi Julavits -- A taste of home / Manil Suri -- Ghosts of Passovers past / Anna Winger -- Eau God / Henry Alford -- Family menu / Allen Shawn -- Crossing to safety / Dorothy Allison.
Summary:
"New York Times Magazine"-food editor Hesser has showcased the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading writers. "Eat, Memory" collects the 26 best stories and recipes from some of the playwrights, novelists, and journalists featured in her column.
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