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Matthew Amster-Burton
Matthew Amster-Burton is a food writer with credits in Best Food Writing, The Seattle Times, Gourmet, Seattle Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal--as well as his food blog, Roots and Grubs. He also co-hosts the hit podcast Spilled Milk. Matthew lives in Seattle with his wife Laurie, a school... show more

Matthew Amster-Burton is a food writer with credits in Best Food Writing, The Seattle Times, Gourmet, Seattle Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal--as well as his food blog, Roots and Grubs. He also co-hosts the hit podcast Spilled Milk. Matthew lives in Seattle with his wife Laurie, a school librarian, and his daughter Iris.
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Shaykitteh's World of Books
Shaykitteh's World of Books rated it 10 years ago
Pretty Good Number One is the tale of a an American family that spends one month living in Tokyo. Instead of giving us the normal "tourist-take" on Japan (specifically Tokyo and the neighboring suburbs) they take us through a journey of food. As the author tells his family's adventures (and the food...
Barbara1951
Barbara1951 rated it 15 years ago
Started 3-5-10Lots of laughs-outloud. I enjoyed it very much! And it prompted me to look up Mr. Amster-Burton on the web, finding http://mealoutlaw.com/calendars/show.aspxand http://www.culinate.com/recipes/collections/Contributors/Matthew+Amster-BurtonI also have copied a number of his recipes, n...
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 16 years ago
I love books that reinforce my own prejudices, and this book does so in spades. I love books that star people I know and like. I especially love books that make me laugh and follow my family around to read aloud to them. Amster-Burton strikes all the right notes in this memoir-cookbook hybrid. He's ...
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