Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens
by:
Andrew Beahrs (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781594202599 (1594202591)
Publish date: June 24th 2010
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Book Club,
American,
United States,
Cooking,
Food Writing
I'm just not finishing it for some reason. I love the idea and the writing is pretty good...maybe it's my mood.
It's easy to think of ideas like sustainable foods, food deserts and locally sourced foods as trendy, hipster concepts that are easily mocked, but Mr. Bearhs makes the point that such concepts are in fact a return to the source of good, truly American cuisine. He also makes a strong case for the ne...