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12-11-2017, 01:11 PM | #1 |
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Don't usually buy stuff for myself...
...but I was buying Christmas presents on Amazon, and ran across this:
Mark Kurlansky wrote the best sellers Salt and Cod. I bought, for the library his Basque History of the World at the request of a faculty member. The Food of a Younger Land : A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal I've a novel to finish, hopefully tonight, then I tackle this. I haven't tackled non-fiction in a while.
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12-11-2017, 02:50 PM | #2 |
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Looks really interesting. You say you haven't been reading nonfiction. I haven't read a novel since Harper Lee's Comes a Watchman came out.
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12-11-2017, 03:35 PM | #3 |
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I haven't read all that much either, a couple Brad Thor novels, a couple Ben Coes novels, and right now a Vince Flynn....all of a type. Can't seem to read like I once did. I know the non-fiction will be a bigger challenge, just not feeling it as I used to.
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12-11-2017, 04:11 PM | #4 |
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I pretty much only read history. Need to try some more novels.
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12-11-2017, 05:51 PM | #5 |
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it is a very good book, enjoy!
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12-11-2017, 05:57 PM | #6 |
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I kind of expected that you had already read it.
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12-11-2017, 06:14 PM | #7 |
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love his books, it was a fight to Europe read
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12-16-2017, 10:59 AM | #8 |
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I rarely find a book on food that grabs my attention.
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THIS ONE might grab your attention, Jason. I've found many an invaluable piece of information in it.
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12-16-2017, 12:09 PM | #10 |
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While I remain a skeptic when it comes to molecular gastronomy, that book looks like it would be a good study in pairing spices with wines. I'm still working through Ruhl's Charcuterie and I have a new obsession with making artisan cheese waiting in the wings. Going to have to find a local dairy for that. I don't have the equipment yet, but I do have some ideas.
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