Secret Ingredients：The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink (Modern Library Paperbacks)

Asampleofthemenu:WoodyAllenondietingtheDostoevskiway•RogerAngellontheartofthemartini•DonDeLilloonJell-O•MalcolmGladwellonbuildingabetterketchup•JaneKrameronthewriter’skitchen•Chang-raeLeeoneatingseaurchin•SteveMartinonmenumores•AliceMcDermottonsexandicecream•DorothyParkerondinnerconversation•S.J.Perelmanonahollandaiseassassin•CalvinTrillinonNewYork’sbestbagelInthisindispensablecollection,TheNewYorkerdishesupafeastofdeliciouswriting–foodanddrinkmemoirs,shortstories,tell-alls,andpoems,seasonedwithagenerousdashofcartoons.M.F.K.Fisherpayshomageto“cookerywitches,”thosemysteriouscookswhopossess“anuncannypoweroverfood,”andAdamGopnikasksifFrenchcuisineisdonefor.ThereisRoaldDahl’sfamousstory“Taste,”inwhichawinesnob’spalatecomesinforsomeunwelcomescrutiny,andJulianBarnes’singenioustaleofalifelonggourmandwhogoesonaverypeculiardiet.Whetheryou’reinthemoodforsnackingonhumorpiecesandcartoonsorforsavoringclassicprofilesofgreatchefsandgreateaters,theseofferings,fromeveryageofTheNewYorker’sfabledeighty-yearhistory,aresuretosatisfyeverytaste.