Postoji samo jedna stvar koju volim više od isprobavanja nove hrane - a to je isprobavanje nove hrane na novim mjestima.
Ali kad se ne mogu prepustiti strasti prema putovanjima, zgrabim knjigu i prepustim se odmoru u fotelji. Život naizmjenično putem autora koji pišu o svojim iskustvima tijekom života u gradu ili u posjetu gradu čini mi se kao da sam dio njihovog putovanja, učenja (i jedenja) uz njih.
Ako ste putnik u fotelji ili ugostiteljski objekat - ili oboje - evo nekoliko knjiga koje će vas oboje natjerati da odete na egzotične lokacije i zalijevate se usta.
Beginning with her first food-writing job at The San Francisco Chronicle, Severson takes readers on a journey through the Northern California food scene. Whether she's talking about meeting restaurant legend Alice Waters of Chez Panisse fame or her love affair with the Meyer lemon, she gives us a great sense of the California food culture.
Severson later moves to New York City to write for The New York Times, where she endures a coastal culture shock and laments the lack of seasonal, fresh produce. When she finally finds her rhythm in New York and writes about its joys (trips to Union Square's Greenmarket!), you feel like you're discovering them along with her.
