books ?

[Nick_Gangas]

any recommendations for summer reading ? Looking for books about food, wine or restaurants ?

[Anders_D]

If you have never read “The Fourth Star” about Daniel Boulud’s restaurant it is a great read that covers all of your topics.

Amazon.com although it seems to be a bit pricey now for some reason…

[J_B_a_s_k_a_m]

Just re-read: Far Flung and Well Fed: The Food Writing of R.W. Apple, Jr. Originally out in 2009, it’s a collection of his essays. It remains an enjoyable read.

[Mattstolz]

if you haven’t read Bourdains books, I really like them. I also really enjoyed Cork Dork if you want one truly about wine. Also about wine: in vino duplitas and Billionaires Vinegar. Last year I read A Really Big Lunch, basically an ode to guanicale and domaine Tempier, which was good. My favorite wine book I’ve read though was probably Wine and War.

[TomHill]

Darren Delmore’s (TablasCreek guy) Lucky Country:Tales of a Vagabond Cellarhand. Darren is a talented writer and it’s a very entertaining read. He tells fun stories of his time in Australia.
Tom

[theocorrel]

‘Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Perigrinations of an Epicure’, Wechsberg (from the New Yorker). I’m not sure food writing gets better than this. (At lease if you like France.)

[David_Wright]

Adventures on the Wine Route – Kermit Lynch.

[Matthew_King]

Given your MidWest roots, I recommend the culinary/life musings of Jim Harrison.

“The Raw and the Cooked” is a collection of his food writing for Esquire. He was a poet and screenwriter (Legends of the Fall) with a hilarious and cutting take on haute cuisine.

[RickieM]

Adventures on the Wine Route – Kermit Lynch.

I second that recommendation. It’s older, but if you’ve never read it, it is well worthwhile. It is my favorite wine book by far. Make sure to get the revised edition as it includes additional reading.

[blarmston]

“Appellation Napa Valley: Building and Protecting an American Treasure” by Richard Mendelson

[Will_Clements]

Wine and War
Cork Dork
Adventures on the Wine Route
Shadows in the Vineyard

All decent reads

[Keith_B2]

I enjoyed Cork Dork, so another recommendation for that one.

[alan_weinberg]

Feeding Frenzy. About 3 star European restaurants.

[Philip_N_Jones]

Calvin Trillin

[Michael_Reiss]

Bursting Bubbles.

Great book on grower Champagne.

[Jonathan_Loesberg]

Give up all these new-fangled books. Read or reread anything by M.F.K. Fisher

[RyanC]

‘Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Perigrinations of an Epicure’, Wechsberg (from the New Yorker). I’m not sure food writing gets better than this. (At lease if you like France.)

Seconded. I love this book.

[JMFrawley]

Given your MidWest roots, I recommend the culinary/life musings of Jim Harrison.

“The Raw and the Cooked” is a collection of his food writing for Esquire. He was a poet and screenwriter (Legends of the Fall) with a hilarious and cutting take on haute cuisine.

This! +1

[William_Kelley]

Bursting Bubbles.

Great book on grower Champagne.

Have to second that, terrific book.

[Marcu_Stanley]

Cork Dork was very enjoyable if shallow.

AJ Liebling’s memoir of 1920s Paris “Between Meals” is about more than food and drink, but there is a ton of great writing about food and drink in there. A truly great book:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L7BD980/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1