Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table, a Collection of Essays from the "New York Times"

AmandaHesser'oneofthebestoftheyoungfoodwriters'(JeffreySteingarten,"Vogue")hasshowcasedthefood-inspiredrecollectionsofsomeofAmerica'sleadingwritersinthe"NewYorkTimesMagazine"."Eat,Memory"collectstwenty-sixofthebeststorieswithrecipestoaccompanythem.AnnPatchettconfrontsherstubbornnessinanargumentsheoncehadwithherthen-boyfriend,nowhusband,overdinnerattheParisrestaurantTaillevent.TomPerrottaexplainshowhislonglistoffoodaversionsalmostlandedhiminanEastGermanprison.GabrielleHamiltonfindsthathiringablindcookleadsherintoethicalterrainshewasn'tpreparedtonavigate.AndpoetBillyCollinsmusesoverhisrelationshipwithafishheonceate.AlsoincludedarestoriesbyChang-raeLee,PatriciaMarx,JohnBurnhamSchwartz,GeorgeSaunders,ColsonWhitehead,KiranDesai,PicoIyerandHeidiJulavits,amongothers.