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- Publisher: Atari
- Release Date: Jun 16, 2002
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 369 Ratings
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Oct 26, 2011The most authentic online D&D game to date. The experiences in role-play on multiplayer servers are perhaps the most unique and genuinely interesting stories online because you are helping create them. The builder is excellent, the only thing better for people without code savvy is NWN2! Neverwinter has aged well, despite issues needing major patches in the beginning, it now allows for low-spec online gaming great for laptops. I honestly never got further then 20 hours or so in the story line simply because PLAYER MADE SERVERS RULE. Multiple DMs catering to your ever Rped whim (for good or ill) makes for the best plots. For example, I once played a dark skinned half-elf & was involved in multiple Dwarven hate-crimes, hunted down for sport as Drow. After a week of struggle, there was a political uproar.. I would log on and have bodyguards come come to my aid, spies search for the perpetrators so as to bear witness in the player made court system, and we hunted them as criminals. NO other online game can even attempt to offer this quality of story & it was all player made impromptu RP. If you want real D&D experiences with realistic RP, short of a few MUDs, you will be hard pressed to find it in any other graphical RPGs. As a DM it is endlessly fun to design new campaigns; it's so accurate that one can beta test P&P games in NWN as a simulator. Neverwinter Nights is truly one of the greatest games ever made because they let their players create campaigns with wonderful world building and DM tools. Even with almost 100 people, DMing is smooth, made easier then p&p because the dice rolls and tabulation are automated, plus access to all conversation logs etc. so that the DM can foreshadow and plan for any event. Neverwinter Nights is revolutionary, so far ahead of it's time that modern MMORPG struggle to create atmospheres like NwNs and fail: where major corporations spend millions Bioware gave the power to the players... it turns out we love the stories more then the people paid to write them. It also helps when your guiding lights are Gary Gygax & R.A. Salvatore.… Expand
Sep 29, 2010The ability to create your own world and game serve via the toolset is astounding. You can also make virtually any modification you want to the game and its engine, providing endless possibilities for the Multiplayer aspect of the game. I purchased this game when it came out and still play it to this day.
Nov 26, 2010I loved from the beginning, it was easy to play and had a lot of cheats which at that point was a plus. Reading a lot, hasn't a version in spanish but it is a superb one. MUST have on your Collection
Mar 11, 2011I quite enjoyed the campaign on NWN. It wasn't as gripping as I'd like, but not bad.
The aspect that really makes Neverwinter Nights shine is its multiplayer. NWN has one of the best multiplayer bases I've ever seen. Bioware letting people do multiplayer for themselves was brilliant on their part, and I hope they do this in further games.
NWN does contain a few issues and faults/flaws in the D&D rules conversion and I have had a few issues when playing, but NWN's amazing gameplay and fantastic community easily make up for it. I encourage anyone interested in old school RPGs to try NWN, as it is, in my opinion, the best out there.
It's a shame Bioware doesn't go back to it's roots.… Expand
Jun 22, 2011If you like complex, involving RPGs, you'll love this one. Of course there is a lot of reading -- it's an RPG (duh!!!!), the reading is a great part of the game and is well done (as is the case with any BioWare game) and helps get involved with the characters, story, and role-play. The character creation and development is even better than it was in BGII and IWD, giving you more options and possibilities for customization. You really grow attached to you character as s/he is the only thing you directly control (as opposed to a party of 6). Personally, I LOVED the OC (and especially SOU and HOTU expansions) but I can see how it would get a bit tedious. Even so, the toolset and online play provided by the game far make up for it. If you have half a brain, like to read and enjoy RPGs, especially Baldur's Gate, this game is for you!… Expand
Jun 16, 2011Neverwinter Nights is -still- an amazing game. Thats why I still play it so many years after release. While the graphics may be quite dated by todays standards, and servers are all tiny compared to the smallest MMO, the level of control and customization possible utterly destroys any MMO in the roleplaying department. There are hundreds, if not thousands of user created adventures available on the NWN vault. I would say that the DnD 3.5 rules might baffle some people, but as a DnD game it loses no points for following its source too closely. The toolset and CEP are great for creating your own worlds and customized settings, wether Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, or even Harry Potter (The Harry Potter one was surprisingly good, but I havn't checked in years) Heres the server i'm trying to kickstart at the moment, its a Wheel of Time server: Website: http://tabularasa.prophpbb.com/ Version: 1.69 Required Haks: CEP (2.3)/2.4 Direct Connect: 188.8.131.52:5121 CEP 2.3/2.4 will be available on the NWN Vault site, its about 1gb unfortunately but the resources are needed to make a nice world for the minimum of fuss and hassle.… Expand
Jul 30, 2011Best RPG I've seen so far. I only play the multiplayer part and have been playing and also building some for many years. It is a great and versatile game. You wont need MMO's after you played this once...
Nov 2, 2011Very good game despite being single PC with 0 full-control NPCs (1-2 partial control NPCs). Awesome customizability and moddiblity. Excellent story in the single player campaign. Character customization is unparalleled and with the aid of some modpacks even some x-rated mods that caused a tightening down in NWN2 (but at least they dindn't go as far as Civ5 and StarCraft 2 where the game company tyrannically controls your game and your mods to control both piracy and lawsuits).… Expand
Nov 4, 2011The best RPG game ever, after 10 years of NWN there are servers up with nice games like Higher Grounds, its really amazing action adventures that you can play with your friends and level up custom classes, races up to lvl 60.
Dec 2, 2012I deliberately looked this game up after years of playing. Literally, I have been playing this game ever since it was released in 2002. I spent two hours configuring my 64-bit Windows 7 so that it could run this game. Neverwinter Nights is one of the very few games I've played in the past 15 years of gaming that genuinely deserves a 10/10. This game does everything right, but most importantly, the story, the story, the story. The massive amount of pure freedom when it comes to character creation is something that doesn't come very often. I know that this game is massively outdated, but I would still highly recommend finding a copy somewhere, somehow, and letting the magic take you for a ride. Don't spend 60$ for the new crap coming out of Bioware these days, spend nothing and buy Neverwinter Nights.… Expand
Nov 17, 2011This is the 2nd game i will never ever get bored of playing.. A true masterpiece in RPG , stunning plot,quests,hours of gameplay,perfect D&D elements..
Mar 9, 2012The best RPG game out there, after ten after release i have finally stopped playing it, the multiplayer part of the title is the classic of classics, anyone who hasnt set foot on a roleplaying persistent world on NeverWinter Nights, cant call himself a RPG gamer.
Mar 28, 2012Get this: when you play Neverwinter Nights, everything you do in combat is simulated by way of virtual dice rolls according to Dungeons & Dragons rules, and the game shows you every one of those numbers. RPG gaming doesn't get any better than that. This is one of the apex games of the genre, and some of the most fun I've had in front of a PC since the 1980s. Highly, highly recommended.
Jul 22, 2012NWN is one of my all time favourite games... the single player was fantastic the multiplayer on the 3-4 persistant worlds i played on was fantastic although heavy after market scripting was needed to make them work so great, NWN2 was heavily buggy and very disapointing.......... NWN1 is the paramount PC dungeons and dragons game
Oct 14, 2014One of the best games ever made. Incredible options for character customization - beyond anything most players have likely seen before in a game. Genuinely interesting NPCs and quests. Online multiplayer. In short, it has everything. The graphics are quite dated, sure, but in terms of gameplay, it is arguably the best RPG ever made.
Sep 23, 2014This is one of the best applications of the D&D 3.5e ruleset in video games. I have been playing this game since 2004, and I'm still not done with it. It is such a great game that I ended up getting a Win7 and up optimized version from GOG (since I had the original release copy and couldn't get it to work on Win7), it doesn't have the diversity of feats and spells that it's successor does, and the fact that it's only semi-turn-based (it's turn-based, but the turn get run so quickly that counterspelling, something that I do a lot in table top D&D, almost impossible. But as I said it is one of the best applications of the 3.5e rules out there, so for those of you who are avid players of 3.5e D&D, you would love this game, hell anyone who likes a good RPG would love this game.
Now the campaign itself gets boring after a while (sure I have played it over 20 times), but with the addition of premium modules you can and your own modules you can make, it keeps single player fun. The multiplayer features, in my opinion are unparalleled across the Strategic RPG Genre. The diversity of the various servers (almost all of which are player made), and the amount of dedication by the owners to keep playing on the server fun is amazing. In conclusion, one of the best games I have ever played, an amazing adaptation of the 3.5e rules, and it keeps pulling you back to it.… Expand
Apr 1, 2014I just loved every minut of Neverwinter nights.It's great game and a true succesor to baldur's gate.I loved all exp too.Who like this genre should give it a try.
Oct 14, 2011Good solid classic RPG. It has a great storyline and is quite immersive. The graphics are a bit outdated today, but I'd still recommend it for anyone who enjoys a good, solid storyline in an RPG environment.
Mar 25, 2011Truly brilliant game, this game not just gave an excellent single player but spawned the biggest friendliest, mod community I have ever had the pleasure to be a part of. Oh and it also allowed some of the best multiplayer of all time.
Apr 27, 2011This game is old, but I would still recommend it to any hardcore RPG player. The story in the campaign isn't particularly strong, hence why I deducted a mark for it, but the gameplay and the platform has kept me playing for the past six or so years.
Oct 24, 2011An awesome RPG. The singleplayer was really good, although nowhere near as great as Baldurs Gate. The multiplayer was also alot of fun, and the customization set was pretty good. 9/10 from me.
May 31, 2011One of the best RPGs of all time in terms of customization and sheer content that can scale at the user's whim. While the hardest bosses are still a challenge on easy, it is great to dynamically have that option in a game filled with a decent plot and full Dungeons and Dragons environments and systems actively working.
Apr 16, 2012With the large world map and long story line it's a game that fits perfectly in my game collection. And in my opinion the best game of Bioware. The only problem for me was that at the beginning of this game it's really hard to find a way to level. Most of the quests are to difficult to do. But with the great online game play and great story line it's a perfect game.
Jun 9, 2012What makes Neverwinter Nights interesing? There are many toolkits to create your own RPG games, but Neverwinter Nights also supported live DM, it also supported online play, ability to use multiple servers, and run persistent worlds. Some Neverwinter Nights persistent worlds were like small MMO games, and it was among the first possibility to create "fan made MMOs". With multiple expansion packs, including a community made free expansion pack (CEP). It is a long term classic.
Some would say: "But we didn't like some of the official story". But that story was mostly there to show us what is possible, and they certainly had more entertainment value than any other examples you would offer to would be developers. So in this genre where you create your adventures the story was considered good, but not as good as a stand alone store focused RPG.… Expand
Oct 13, 2013One of Bioware's finest hours. This game made me feel so bad for my actions and characters, I couldn't stop thinking about it on school and on my way home: How I could I have saved her... but she deserved it... there was no other way... please...I am sorry... I will set things right... I'll do anything!
Here in the Philippines, saving enough money to buy an original game back in 2003 was hard as hell. I am proud I went through all that getting hungry part at school to buy this. Bioware, give me back the good old days!… Expand
Aug 3, 2014This was an unpleasant shock for most fans when they had to go from the ultimate masterpiece that was Baldur's Gate with it's beautiful hand-drawn isometric visuals to this ugly 3D mess, the beginning is also very slow, the story doesn't seem all that special, instead of full party you got only 1 character plus some stupid henchmen you can hire, but can't even customize and on top of that you're constantly going through hundreds of chests that doesn't even seem to contain anything interesting. Fortunately as you go forth, it's getting better and better. You're getting used to the engine and starting to realize that this is a huge game, where each chapter would be enough to fill the entire content of some other games. Second chapter being much much higher quality, leaving the city and finally experiencing adventures in nature you were used to from Baldur's. Some of the quests are starting to get really good and in the end the result is actually very positive. Also, definitely worth mentioning is the music by always amazing Jeremy Soule that created a huge part of of the atmosphere in this game. Seen in retrospect, Neverwinter Nights is a great RPG, that took me about 100 hours to finish, not as good as Baldur's Gate series, but what is. 8/10… Expand
Aug 9, 2013Neverwinter Nights was a mixed bag. The game had a very solid rule system and character development based on Dungeons and Dragons. This was great. It also comes with the toolkit that allows players to make their own adventures. This was amazing but is history now as the servers were permanently closed this year. Sad but inevitable in a quickly evolving industry. However the engine itself is not that great. Visually it is bland and I doubt anyone can seriously claim that it is better than what was already established with the Infinity Engine and Baldur's Gate. However sad to say the actual adventure of Neverwinter Nights is pretty bloody dull! It takes forever to level your character, to explore the city and make sense of the plot lines. The final result is kind of a long winded mediocrity. As an old sucker for Dungeons and Dragons I actually enjoyed it a lot in the day, but doubt that this could be considered appealing now to any but the most hard core RPGers. The GOG platinum version (when on sale) is the best buy!… Expand
Oct 7, 2011This game is no Baldur's Gate imo. But it has a different purpose and that's multiplayer and endless modding. One of down side of Neverwinter Nights' gameplay is you can control only one character, instead of a whole 6-persons party. True, this is dissapointing in a way, but the game is meant for playing with other people online with various mods. Story wise, I can not say the main plot is terrible but it's too generic and predictable. The game also suffers from way too many fetch quests (Comparing to Bioware's Modern Games, it's quite like Dragon Age 2) . However, I do LIKE this game as it offers fun multi-player experience. Overall, it's a great game but do not expect a masterpiece like baldur's gate series… Expand
Feb 3, 2014Story: 7 out of 10, Graphics: 6 out of 10, Fun: 7 out of 10, Controls: 7 out of 10, Ease to Learn: 7 out of 10, Length: 9 out of 10, Re-play: 2 out of 10, Value: 7 out of 10
Jun 24, 2011A D&D 3E construction set with a game attached, Neverwinter Nights just doesn't work for me. The construction set is a lot more effort than just making a pen-and-paper game, and it's hard to find good modules built by other people to play in co-op. As for the supplied campaign, it's not Bioware's finest hour. It's a long, rambling sequence of Go-to-Four-Places-and-do-Four-Things that I never had the will to finish. The party based format of the Infinity Engine games is gone, replaced with a single henchman (not even levelable/gearable by you), in a big disservice to one of D&D's strengths. The story is un-engaging. Buy it for the expansion packs if you must.… Expand
Jun 15, 2012What a disappointement, especially considering the high expectations at that time... only Dragon Age II has managed to disappoint me so thoroughly. The graphics are laughable at best (wireframes? seroiusly?), and to call the story paper-thin would be a wild exaggeration.
Oct 26, 2013This game was a massive disappointment from start to finish. This proves that the game isn't the best RPG ever made by far. What a massive shame that it couldn't be better.
Jun 22, 2014any new players to the game, quit now before you put your time in. I put 6 months into the game and lost everything. game full of glitches and hackers, you can lose astral and equipment for no reason, you can try to contact customer support or "GM HELP" but they will most likely not respond and you will not get anything back.
If you're going to play on your own there is enough to keep you playing for days, take it online and you have a masterpiece that could last you a lifetime.
It's hard to fathom, but what it really boils down to is the fact that gamers may never really have grasped just how faithful an adaptation of the D&D ruleset we are looking at. It is totally accurate in every, single detail.


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The guy we can blame for Rebecca Black's "Friday" released a new music video earlier this week entitled "Chinese Food," staring his next viral white girl Alison Gold. And guess what, IT'S BAD!
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Orlando Music News
Beautiful Chorus leader Alexandrah Sarton kickstarts new solo album
Orlando is grateful to be home to a number of knockout female vocalists, like Kaleigh Baker, Terri Binion, Tierney Tough and listed high among this talented group of our town's most memorable voices is Alexandrah Sarton. She sings the hooks for Solillaquists of Sound, which is likely where most of us were first exposed to her soft, bold delivery. Then she launched Beautiful Chorus in support of a short-lived collaboration with now L.A.-based Sean Kantrowitz called In Curses. Now Beautiful Chorus stands on its own, embarking on an East Coast tour starting Aug. 23.
But apart from all this success and continual songwriting, Sarton seems to have even more music in the wings, but no tools to write her songs with. So she launched a Kickstarter to fund a new laptop, and she is halfway to her $1,500 goal. Fans can donate to the local songbird up until Monday, Sept. 8, and there's a rough cut of the album on Sarton's solo Bandcamp (skip straight to "Miss You" for an immediate understanding of what we'd miss out on) and streaming below:
And speaking of Terri Binion, she'll be joining a special show at Timucua White House on Sept. 14 with Alexandrah Love & a Beautiful Chorus and DiVinci. (RSVP)


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Vyakhya Started The Discussion:
Dear All,
I need to draft a letter for International travel bond regarding service aggrement for the employees visiting onsite.
I would appreciate if someone can provide me with the contents of the same.Kindly mention the name of the company as well.
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Dear All, Looking forward for valuable feedback for the professionals who can give some input on the same. Regards Vyakhya
Dear All, Looking forward for valuable feedback for the professionals who can give some input on the same. Regards Vyakhya
Hi Vyakhya, Do you mean to say that you have to draft an agreement for traveling abroad?like travel bond or something? Please confirm. Thanks Ushma
jm - Member Since: Sep 2007
In our company what we do is that, for employees travelling on site abroad, we make them sign a bond for the probable period in which they will be with the particular location. (for eg. 6 months)
The same bond/ contract which is used for employees on bond is been used for this purpose also.
Hi Vyakhya, I have attached one formate for foreign travel bond. Let me know if it is useful to you. You can modify it as per your requirement. Thanks Ushma
Dear Ushma ,
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A few miles from the killing-fields of the First World War in Northern France, a new museum is taking shape, offering a radically different way of looking at, in its words, 'the agony of an epoch which gave birth to the contemporary world'.
The Historial de la Grande Guerre is due to open its doors this month, as the culmination of a six-year programme initiated by the Conseil General de la Somme. It is an imaginative attempt to create a museum interpreting the memorials and battle sites that dot the countryside in an area which provided the backdrop for what has been called the 'bloodiest day in the history of the British Army'. On July 1st, 1916, the abortive attempt of Haig's troops to break the stalemate of trench warfare and relieve the pressure on the besieged French at Verdun, left over 28,000 British and Commonwealth troops dead or missing in one day on the Somme battlefields.
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Barbara H. (Tuttle) Wynne, 86, formerly of Glastonbury, Conn., died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Our House in Rutland, after a long illness.
In Massachusetts, she was born in Boston, April 6, 1926, the daughter of Norman and Gertrude Hatch, and raised in Quincy and Squantum.
In 1947, she married Donald A. Tuttle, who died in 1988. She married Edward Wynne of Glastonbury in 1998.
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The name Johann Sebastian Bach carries the appellation genius today. His works are prized and performances of his major compositions are well-attended.
It is hard to believe that after his death in 1750, the maestro of Leipzig was essentially assigned to the trash bin as old-fashioned, out-of-date and uninteresting. At least until Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy dusted off the St. Matthew Passion in 1829.
"He was pretty much a non-entity as a composer," says well-known music educator, composer and conductor Rob Kapilow. "He was famous as a keyboard virtuoso. He was respected but he was kind of an old fogey; even his own children thought his work was old school. People of the day would be absolutely stunned by the reverence he is held in today."
It is appropriate to come to some kind of assessment of Bach since the 20th anniversary Chamberfest has dedicated two full days to Bach's music, including one of Kapilow's justly famous What Makes It Great lectures that will explore the depth of the Second Brandenburg Concerto.
"Bach was off in his own little world doing his own thing," Kapilow says in explanation of the man's uniqueness. "And I do think that is a lesson. We are so busy today with the latest fad and being up to date with what is cool and not cool and here is a guy who was so ridiculously not concerned with the latest fad of the 18th century. And yet who is at the top of the pantheon? Someone who was literally content to go his own way and find his own voice."
It is a lesson in how to be an artist, Kapilow says.
One aspect of Bach that may clash with our current time is Bach's deep faith. Everything is signed in nomine Jesu (in Jesus's name).
"People sometimes take that as just writing QED. But it is much deeper than that. I also think that has a lot to do with how he was able to go his own way. Obviously he was an aware person. He was writing for a prince and he did send his Brandenburg Concertos as a job application. But I do think that in the end he was writing for God. And therefore you talk to God in whatever voice feels appropriate. In this case, Bach is surely the most complicated composer that ever became famous."Rob Kapilow will deliver a What Makes It Great talk on Bach's second Brandenburg Concerto on Wednesday afternoon.
It is perhaps that complexity that makes him so appealing in our time. There is something in Bach for any listener, Kapilow says.
"A typical Brandenburg Concerto is 12 minutes long. If you talk to any conductor, he or she will tell you that in the amount of time that it takes to learn eight measures of a Bach piece like this, you could learn 20 Vivaldi concertos."
Kapilow will explore that depth using the second Brandenburg.
"In the first movement there are only 12 measures of ideas in 119 measures. Within the opening orchestral section, there are four two-measure ideas. We will focus on the first idea.
"In a typical Vivaldi piece of the same era, the idea is the tune. In Bach, it's the tune (but) there is also a fast bass line. Then there is a trumpet arpeggio. I'll put that together part by part, because when you play it normally, it goes by so fast you can't hear it all. This 'idea' comes back 17 times in the movement and something is different every time."
When Bach died, there was an obituary written that includes a quotation that seems to sum up Bach's genius, Kapilow says.
"He needed only to hear a theme to be aware, it seemed instantaneously, of almost every intricacy an artist could produce in treating it. Imagine a mind that can hear a musical idea and then at the same moment hear every possible thing that you could do with it," Kapilow says.
Once you understand how Bach works with musical ideas, the careful listener can start to hear the ideas everywhere in his music, Kapilow says.
Bach's music is a bit Buddhist, Kapilow says. Buddhists say that if you look at a single leaf in the right way you can see the world. Bach's music is like that. Look closely at this one thing and everything is contained there.
And, astoundingly, his output was prodigious, producing some 20 volumes of music. While at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany, where he was the organist and choirmaster, he wrote something new every week, by hand. And it was always complex and always good with unbelievable pace and complexity. There is no "easy" piece of Bach, Kapilow says.
Kapilow says that Bach's music appeals to three types of listener:a he calls them streakers, strollers and studiers.
Streakers are just listening on the surface and the catchy baroque tune of Bach piece is appealing to them. It clicks along. Strollers tend to linger a bit longer over the music. They dig a little deeper and Bach shows them something new and something interesting at every turn. The studiers, who like to explore deeply, will find unfathomable depths in Bach's music, he says.
There is one other thing that about Bach's music that makes it exportable to our time, Kapilow says.
Unlike compositions written in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, we don't know much about how Bach originally played this music, so, Kapilow says, we have freedom to experiment.
"What part is allegro? Can we add crescendos and decrescendos? Can we play Bach on the piano?" Kapilow thinks we can offer our own answers to these questions.
That, for him, is what makes this music alive today.
A decade ago, total war was raging over the need to play early music in the styles of the time in which it was written. That furore has ebbed, Kapilow says. And the freedom to interpret Bach might be one reason why it is so popular today.
"Bach's final gift is that the music can be taken and transformed by the performer and by the listener. Infinite creation has infinite possibilities. Once you hear Bach, time vanishes, it is present tense. Bach is in the room."
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Born March 31, 1685; died July 28, 1750.
Compositions: The Brandenburg concertos, Mass in B minor, The Well-Tempered Clavier, St. John and St. Matthew Passions, keyboard works and more than 300 cantatas (about 100 have been lost to posterity).
Life: Bach was born into a great musical family; his father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a musical director, all of his uncles were professional musicians. His father probably taught him to play violin and harpsichord, and his brother, Johann Christoph Bach, taught him the clavichord and exposed him to much contemporary music.
He held several musical posts across Germany: he served as Kapellmeister (director of music) to Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Cantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig, and Royal Court Composer to August III. In Leipzig he composed music for the main churches of the city.
He died possibly of a stroke and pneumonia. He is buried in the Thomaskirche.
After his death, Bach's reputation as a composer declined; his work was regarded as old-fashioned. During the late 18th and early 19th century, Bach was recognized by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Mendelssohn. Beethoven called Bach the original father of harmony. Mendelssohn contributed to the revival of Bach with his 1829 Berlin performance of the St. Matthew Passion.
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Joey Campanaro tells us that his latest project, Kenmare, will open for dinner on Monday. Hes still tweaking the menu, but you can see its current incarnation (in all of its Spanish-, French-, and Italian-inspired glory) below. I want to have a feminine aspect to it, Campanaro says of the menu. But dont expect everything to be leafy greens. Just like he put the Pork Chop on the Little Owls menu, hes putting the Chicken on this one its a breast thats cooked skin-side down in the pan and served with grilled escarole. The thigh and leg meat is smoked, confited, and sauced with butter beans and Parmesan cheese. Meanwhile, a riff on disco fries incorporates giblet gravy and English farmhouse Cheddar. The only carryover from Little Owl's menu (by Paul Sevigny's request) are the TLO meatball sliders. When it launches down the road, the lunch menu will feature a burger, though probably not the Little Owl one.
Ive been cooking on four burners at Little Owl for the past four years, and now Im in a real kitchen, Campanaro told us before running into friends-and-family service this evening. It feels great. Come Monday, hours will be 5 p.m. till 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and the reservation line will open within the next day. I dont want it to be pretentious at all, Campanaro concludes. I want it to be downtown fun have some funky food on the menu which hits the feminine vibe and have fun doing it.
Basil gnocchi, short rib ragout - $12
Broccoli beer soup
English cheddar, bacon croutons - $8
Asparagus gratin
Endive, Fontina, pecan bread crumbs - $9
Tuna carpaccio
Avocado mousse, cucumber and radish - $13
Artichoke & hearts of palm salad
Boston bibb and lemon vinaigrette - $10
Sauteed sardine fillets
Cauliflower, snap peas and coriander - $11
TLO gravy meatball sliders
Beef, pork, veal, and Pecorino - $5 individually
Shrimp & lobster spaghetti
Fra diavolo sauce - $14
Leaf lettuce Salad
Sherry shallot vinaigrette - $7
Risotto du jour
Crispy Halibut
Chive mashed Stroganoff - $24
Veal Cutlet
Salsa verde, arugula, lemon and ricotta salata - $25
Grilled Swordfish
Caramelized fennel, fingerlings, aioli, greens and tapenade - $21
Sea scallops
Spinach strawberry salad, patato rosti and balsamic bernoisette - $26
The Chicken
Grilled escarole, smoked chicken confit, and butter beans - $19
New York Strip Steak
Asparagus risotto and truffle burst tomatoes - $28
Spinach, lemon, and garlic - $7
Cheddar fries with green onion, giblet gravy - $8
Cucumber and radish pickles (corriander, rice vinegar, chili paste) - $4
Cauliflower and broccoli, toasted bread crumbs - $6
Mashed potatoes with chives - $5
Kenmare, 98 Kenmare St., nr. Centre St.; 212-274-9898


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A Year of Food Books (not cookbooks)
- Boudleaux Mar 22, 2009 07:37 PM
I hope I'm putting this post in the right place. This year I'd like to read almost exclusively food-related books. I don't mean cookbooks, though I love to read those too. So I'm looking for some suggestions. Here's what I have on my list so far:
Cornbread Nation Vol. 1-4: The Best of Southern Food Writing
An Omelette and a Glass of Wine - Elizabeth David
Fried Chicken: An American Story - John T. Edge
Apple Pie: An American Story - John T. Edge
The Tummy Trilogy - Calvin Trillin
The Art of Eating - M.F.K. Fisher
My Life in France - Julia Child
Any suggestions for additions to this list? I've read most Bourdain and Ruhlman books. I've also read Heat by Bill Buford. I've just added Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin to my wish list. I seem to keep eyeing The Kitchen Diaries: A year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater but it hasn't made it to my wish list for some reason.
Any thoughts and/or suggestions for me? Many thanks in advance.
Michael Symons' The Pudding That Took a Thousand Cooks: The Story of Cooking in Civilisation and Daily Life
My fave food book yet.
I can't wait for the late September release of "Far Flung and Well Fed: The Food Writing of R. W. Apple"
Johnny Apple was a foreign and political correspondent for the NYT, but he indulged his love of food from the most humble to the haute everywhere he traveled, and wrote about it with joy and skill.
It didn't matter if he was discussing a Michellin-starred meal or the joys of Silver Queen corn on Maryland's Eastern Shore, he loved it all.
Sign up in advance http://www.amazon.com/Far-Flung-Well-...
re: MakingSense
Thanks for telling us about the new Johnny Apple book coming out in September. Both my bf and I are big fans. One of his favorite restaurants, Equinox, is also one of my personal favorites in DC.
Can't wait to read this new book!
re: MakingSense
I'm just finishing Far Flung and Well Fed and absolutely loved it, one of my two favorite books on food this year (the other being Gastropolis, on food in New York). What a treat to read him again. The man could blow your socks off write: describing pho broth as "It glittered in the mouth, the way homemade bouillon does and beef stock made from a cube doesn't.", "vegetable dumplings, as sheer as a stocking", and so much more. It also includes his appreciation of Taillevent under M. Vrinat, where it was my great good fortune to celebrate a signal anniversary with one of the best meals of my life, in true luxe, calme, et volupté. The book took me back to the glory days of food writing, when such stars as George Lang, Lilian Langseth-Christensen and Joseph Wechsberg were active. Read this book!
You are going to love Elizabeth David, MFK Fisher, Julia Child and Calvin Trillan. The classics.
I just read Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilema, very well written and compelling.
I would also recommend Ruth Riechl and John Thorne.
re: ktb615
I didn't know he had written another book. If you can get a copy of his "The French at Table" , that's a good one, too. It's a little older, but timeless.
re: margshep
Thread about Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/513705
re: Caitlin McGrath
Love this book - perhaps the best book ever on Sichuan cuisine! Fuchsia Dunlop is an unbelievably astute observer of Chinese dining & cooking habits. After reading this book, I went out & bought her "Sichuan Cookery" and "The Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook"!
re: klyeoh
I enjoyed it too.
Her cookbooks were cookbooks of the month, and very popular, so lots of discussion of the recipes, and people still update the threads.
Master thread w/links to others: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/494660
re: margshep
Re Five stars on the clever title "The Saucier's Apprentice"
Ray Sokolov was clever back in 1976. That was also the title of his cultural cookbook on classic French sauces for the home ccook.
re: margshep
Add Jen Lin-Liu, Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey through China. Also The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family by Laura Schenone. She tracks down her hallowed family recipe to the batterd old handwritten card--which calls for Philadelphia cream cheese--huh? And winds up chasing the recipe back to its roots in the chestnut-eating Ligurian highlands. Facinating take on food Americanization.
re: Boudleaux
I'm working on one of my own right now. I have the preface and fist chapter finished. It will probably be a year or two before I finish the whole thing. I will let you know when it's published if you want.
re: StuartRebDonald
Sure. That would be great!
re: meatn3
I love his book "Salt: A World History," as well. Fascinating read.
One of the best. "Beautiful Swimmer" by William Warner about the Blue Crab of the Chesapeake Bay and the life of the watermen who catch them.
Warner won a Pulitzer for this wonderful book, and although it's not actually about food per se, you'll get an appreciation for where your food comes from, the culture of the watermen, and life on the Chesapeake.
It also details the biology of the crab, a fascinating creature, unfortunately threatened by overfishing and environmental problems in the Bay watershed.
One of the best books I've ever read and re-read. And given as gifts time and again.
re: MakingSense
I heartily second this recommendation. I was swept away by this book, feeling I knew my adversary-on-the-coastal plate better than ever.
re: jmckee
Along the same lines as "Beautiful Swimmer" is "The Secret Life of Lobsters." Can't remember the author's name off the top of my head, even though it's on the tip of my tongue. But it is a fascinating book.
re: clamscasino
It's Trevor Corson. I read The Story of Sushi by him - he's got this tremendous gift with words.
You have a great list already. I'd add "Perfection Salad," by Laura Shapiro. It's a well-told account of the "scientific cookery" movement in the early 20th century in our country (popularized by, among others, Fanny Farmer), and the processed food industry it fostered and encouraged.
A very interesting counterpoint to Michael Pollan's "Omnivore's Dilemma."
Some of my faves:
Memoirs of My Life - Auguste Escoffier
The Physiology of Taste - Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Cooking for Kings - Ian Kelly
My Gastronomy - Nico Ladenis
The Wilder Shores of Gastronomy - Alan Davidson
Molecular Gastronomy - Herve This
An Alphabet for Gourmets - MFK Fisher
Seven Centuries of English Cooking - Maxime de la Falaise
All Manners of Food - Stephen Mennell
Rituals of Dinner - Margaret Visser
Food, A Culinary History - Jean-Louis Flandrin/Massimo Montanari
Charlemagne's Tableloth - Nichola Fletcher
Dear Francesca - Mary Contini
Table Talk - A A Gill
Breakfast at the Wolseley - A A Gill
Feeding Frenzy - Stuart Stevens
Last Dinner on the Titanic - Rick Archbold/Dana McCauley
Toast - Nigel Slater
The Short Life & Long Times of Mrs Beeton - Kathryn Hughes
Fish, Flesh & Good Red Herring - Alice Thomas Ellis
Plenty - Digressions on Food - Gay Bilson
Wild Weed Pie - Janni Kyritsis
French Damien Pignolet
Recipes & Stories - Kylie Kwong
A Life in Three Courses - Beppi Polese/John Newton
Kafka's Soup - Mark Crick
Don't Try This At Home - Kimberly Witherspoon/Andrew Friedman
Finding Betty Crocker - Susan Marks
Why We Are What We Eat - Raymond Sokolov
Why Do Donuts Have Holes - Don Vorhees
Great Cooks & Their Recipes - Ann Willan
The Mere Mortal's Guide to Fine Dining - Colleen Rush
Tinglish in Thai Cuisine - Boon-Song Klausner-Nathan
Al Dente - William Black
The Land That Thyme Forgot - William Black
Tummy Trilogy - Calvin Trillin
Rare Bits, Unusual Origins of Popular Recipes - Patricia Bunning Stevens
Ladyfinger's & Nun's Tummies - Martha Barnette
Choice Cuts - Mark Kurlansky
Pedant in the Kitchen - Julian Barnes
Are You Really Going to Eat That? - Robb Walsh
The Fearless Diner - Richard Sterling
Food, True Stories of Life on the Road - Richard Sterling
Spotted Dick, S'il Vous Plait - Tom Higgins
Eating India - Chitrita Banerji
The Collected Writings of Vir Sanghvi
Curry - Lizzie Cunningham
A Matter of Taste, Penguin Book of Indian Writing on Food - Nilanjana S Roy
The Gourmet Club, a Sextet - Junichiro Tanizaki
Julie & Julia - Julie Powell
It Must Have Been Something I Ate - Jeffrey Steingarten
The Man Who Ate Everything - Jeffrey Steingarten
Fork It Over - Alan Richman
The Book of Salt - Monique Truong
In Search of Perfection - Heston Blumenthal
Life Is Meals, a Food Lover's Book of Days - James & Kay Salter
Everybody Eats There - William Stadiem/Mara Gibbs
The Story of Sushi - Trevor Corson
Eating with The Victorians - C Anne Wilson
The Sex Life of Food - Bunny Crumpacker
The Garrulous Gourmet - William Wallace Irwin
British Bouquet, An Epicurean Tour of Britain - Samuel Chamberlain
The Devil in the Kitchen - Marco Pierre White
re: klyeoh
Great list, klyeoh - Boudleaux could satisfy his or her year (or two) here.
I have to say, though, I was underwhelmed by Don't Try This at Home. Some of the stories were funny and truly about culinary disasters, but most were decidly ho-hum. And Curry: Of Cooks and Conquerers was interesting but I felt there was some of it that could easily have been cut - an all-too-common case of the academic throwing in everything she turned up, even when it didn't add much to the history.
I think you would definitely enjoy Mark Kurlansky's histories of cod, salt, and oysters.
re: Caitlin McGrath
I do agree with you - and each author has his/her own style, which makes food books so interesting.
Oh yes, I heard about Kurlansky's "Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World" definitely on my to-read list. I'm currently reading Paul Arnott's wonderful "Let Me Eat Cake".
re: klyeoh
Wow! Many thanks klyeoh!
re: klyeoh
I second The Land That Thyme Forgot. He also has a book about France, which I don't yet have.
And, I love Table Talk - can't believe you mentioned it! Picked it up on a whim and what a wonderful read.
re: MMRuth
Oops - I confused Table Talk by Gill with Table Topics by Julian Street - that's the one I loved.
Just finished Moira Hodgson's new "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" (great title), her very interesting memoir with culinary reminiscences and some recipes. What a life (lived all over the place primarily because of her father's career in British civil service). Also would recommend Gastropolis, on NY food, the best book I've read this year on food - from an anthro/sociological perspective. I posted in detail on it on this board to resounding lack of response. Would seem to be just the ticket for you, however.
re: buttertart
"It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" IS a great title.
I'm headed to NYC for my annual business trip in May so maybe I should read Gastropolis just prior.
re: buttertart
I read it Hodgson's book too - definitely a fun read. I would also recommend Artemis Cooper's bio. of Elizabeth David, which I am just about to finish.
Laurie Colwin is another favorite of mine - not sure if she has been mentioned yet.
re: MMRuth
Oh, Laurie Colwin, I just put her Home Cooking book on my Amazon wish list a few days ago!
Thanks for your suggestions!
re: Boudleaux
Haven't read it yet but I'm looking forward to "The Fruit Hunters", think it's out in paperback soon.
Just finished "The Fruit Hunters"; it was a pretty fascinating read. Dunlop's "Shark's Fin & Sichuan Pepper" is next up on my list. I'd second all the recs for anything by Calvin Trillin, MFK Fischer, and Ruth Reichl. I know "Omnivore's Dilemma" is big right now, ad I enjoyed it, but you might want to look at some of his older stuff too - try "Botany of Desire". "United States of Arugula" is a little superficial but good. Add to that "Eating My Words" by Mimi Sheraton, "Climbing the Mango Trees" by Madhur Jaffrey, and the anthologies "Endless Feasts" from Gourmet, "Secret Ingredients" from the New Yorker, and the annual "Best Food Writing" series (I've got 2007 and it's great).
re: Emmmily
We seem to have similar reading lists.
One fascinating book I treasure is Christine Mackie's "Life and Food in the Caribbean".
re: Emmmily
I quite liked Madhur Jaffrey's "Climbing the Mango Trees" , too, although she sounded pretentious & annoyingly snooty at times.
re: klyeoh
I met her once and have to say that that was the impression I carried away as well...charming voice in the cookbooks though.
re: Emmmily
I was disappointed w/ "Secret Ingredients" from the New Yorker. Most were old, and few stories grabbed my interest.
re: NYchowcook
I liked the older ones better, since I hadn't already read them in the magazine. But you're right, they're all reprints, so if you've been a long-time faithful reader many of the pieces will be repeats for you. (Though not all, unless you've been reading it since the 1920's.)
"Fashionable Food" by Sylvia Lovegren.
A culinary history of America in the 20th century. Required reading if you somehow thought that we only started a love affair with processed foods, short cuts, and convenient labor-saving methods in the 50s and 60s.
It details the spread of "ethnic" foods in America, cocktail parties, casseroles, what defined "elegance" at various points, and how our national tastes evolved.
A great read even if it stops at its publication date of 1995.
Boudleaux...good list. Don't forget Hamburgers & Fries by John T. Edge.
And, Klyeo...fantastic list! My library is pretty big, too, but I'm definitely going to see what I'm missing.
I'd like to add "American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Back Roads" by Pascale Le Draoulec. I really enjoyed this book, even though I don't know anyone else who's read it .
re: luvarugula
I have American Pie, just haven't read it yet! LOL
re: Tugboat
This was a book that I just didn't enjoy. I thought there was way too muc d-ck-swinging involved in his writing.
"The United States of Arugula", a wonderful examination of the gourmet-ing of America. A worthy counterpart is Jane & Michael Stern's "American Gourmet," which covers the same topic in a very different way, with recipes.
"Pure Ketchup" by Andrew Smith. Yup. A history of ketchup. You'll be surprised at how interesting it is.
"Southern Cooking" and "Side Orders" by John Egerton. Two indispensable books on the topic.
"Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain. I really put off reading this for a long time. I'm glad a read it. He's a natural storyteller.
"Don't Try This At Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs" is a collection of great chefs showing us they're as fallible as we are.
re: Boudleaux
I have another one for you - Auberge of the Flowering Hearth. Yes, it has recipes, but it is a book that really inspired me when I started to cook, although I have only made a couple of things from it.
re: MMRuth
I was skimming the list to see if anyone had yet listed it, and here it is, finally! Re-reading The Augerge of the Flowering Hearth invariably puts me into a dreamy, benevolent mood, wanting to paint. Not how books about food usually affect me.
Lots of great books mentioned here. I also have several years' worth of the Holly Hughes' edited Food Essays of 200x, and would recommend them.
Swallowing Clouds, by A. Zee, about Chinese food, culture and etymology (characters).
Thoroughly enjoyed the old Clementine in the Kitchen, a Modern Library Food reissue.
Am trying to remember the names of some others that come to mind. Since I'm not at home but still in the office, I have to rely on my memory instead of being able to rummage through my shelves.
One exceptional book that I liked very much is by a young newly observant Jewish woman who learned kosher cooking from her mother-in-law. Wish I could remember the title.
Another is The Raw and the Cooked, by Jim Harrison, a collection of his essays. Great book, even if I couldn't sit down and read it all at once. I've got a robust appetite, but Harrison makes me feel downright delicate by comparison.
I can recommend Jeffrey Steingarten's THE MAN WHO ATE EVERYTHING. It is very funny. Also, anything by M. F. K. Fisher, who's the classic food/ memoir writer. Also, Jacques Pepin's MY LIFE AS AN APPRENTICE.
the books I liked the best have already been mentioned or you said that you had already read them: "Kitchen Confidential," " Heat," "Garlic and Pearls," "The Man Who Ate Everything," and "On Food and Cooking." (I had to mention these because they're so great.)
Other, more obscure books which you might enjoy are: "The Best of DeGustibus" by Marian Burros, a collection of articles by the long-time "New York Times" food columnist; "Won Ton Lust," a man goes searching for the world's best Chinese restaurant; and "Julie and Julia," about a New York City twenty-something who decides to cook all the recipes in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I" in a year and describes her experiences. (I recommend "Julie and Julia" with some trepidation because the author's attitudes can be irritating and the book starts out only tangentially discussing the author's project. But as the book proceeds, it picks up steam and becomes more oriented to the project at hand.)
I also liked "Culinary Artistry" by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, a somewhat unfocused book about flavor pairings, chefs' tips about what works well together, lists of the ten ingredients famous chefs can't do without, descriptions of the development of menus, chefs' philosophies, etc. It isn't the sort of book that you read cover to cover, but it is a great book for dipping into for ten minute reads while waiting at the dentist's office or waiting for your girlfriend/boyfriend to meet you somewhere.
I've just read "A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table," by Molly Wizenberg of Orangette blog fame. It's a quick read, sweet but slight. Lots of short chapters, each with stories of her life, plus associated food memories and a recipe to go with. Now I want to make pickled grapes...
re: Caitlin McGrath
Thanks for the suggestion -- I just reserved at my library. It got a great, starred, reviewed from Publishers Weekly.
Several new and notable books in some cases posted on here:
- the new Mark Kurlansky, with the fiendishly long title The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal - have not yet read this
- Simon Majumdar's Eat My Globe, which is quite hilarious in spots (I wish he enjoyed being/eating in China more though)
- How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham, reviewed in yesterday's NYTimes - have not yet read this
- David Lebowitz's The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City (reading this, a little too golly gosh about the French in my opinion)
- Spiced: A Pastry Chef's True Stories of Trials by Fire, After-Hours Exploits, and What Really Goes on in the Kitchen by Dalia Jurgensen (will be reading this next)
- Molly Wizenberg's A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table (of Orangette blog fame, reading this now too and like it a lot)
Lots of wonderful books out at the moment!
re: buttertart
Thanks, Buttertart. I am interested in the David Lebowitz book because I like him and follow him on Twitter but a friend had the same reaction as you to the book. I'll put it on my list though.
I've been doing lots of yummy reading. I'm in an Elizabeth David vortex at the moment. Don't read that like it is a bad thing. :)
re: Boudleaux
Few if any better places to be! I love ED.
re: buttertart
Further to the above, I finished the three books I was reading and the Jurgensen book was my favorite - a very good description of real life in the restaurant kitchen and some personal revelations which were integrated into the story in a way that they often aren't (thinking of Phoebe Damrosch's book on Per Se which would have been better titled Dear Diary...in my estimation). The Lebowitz book was entertaining but the slant on the French was consistently irritating throughout. Nice recipes though - I made the Absinthe Cake and it is delicious. The Wizenberg book was fun but cloyed toward the end when she ventured into Cooking for Mr Latte territory in the descriptions of meeting and marrying Mr Right.
re: buttertart
I'm reading The Sweet Life in Paris, and absolutely enjoying it. Of course, one needs to be gaga about Paris, and love to bake. I think he is a great writer in addition to being a great pastry chef, and has a keen sense of detail and irony.
Other recommendations:
Monsoon Diary, by Shoba Narayan
and two anthologies by Traveler's Tales:
Food, and The Adventure of Food, both edited by Richard Sterling, whose own travel memoir, The Fire Never Dies, I think is better than anything Bourdain ever wrote.
re: pitterpatter
The Sweet Life is fun (and I am both those things). The Absinthe Cake recipe in it is super. Thanks for the other recommendations, all sound v interesting.
Just finished this one. Highly recommend.
"The Food of a Younger Land" (edited by Mark Kurlansky)
Two of the most romantic and wonderful foodie books on my re-read list are by Marlena DeBlasi...A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in Tuscany. Another of hers is The Lady in the Palazzo. All are about her life in Italy, her husband, the food they make, serve and eat. Each is a terrific stand-alone read but reading them in order is a real treat.
Currently, I'm reading her "That Summer in Sicily" and loving it also.
Sooooo many good titles, soooooo little time!
re: amazinc
I loved Marlena's books and haven't met many people who have read them. They are wonderful reads!!
Some other books, and I apologize if they have been mentioned. Both have recipes as well as lengthy non-recipe text:
The Jews of Poland: Recollections and Recipes by Edouard de Pomiane - http://maefood.blogspot.com/2009/04/p...
Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes) - http://www.amazon.com/Biscuits-Hostes...
A bit of a different focus here but I love:
Stalking the Wild Asparagus - Euell
Gibbons; a beautiful discussion of foods you can find in the woods and what to do with them;
The Scavengers Guide to Haute Cuisine - Steven Rinella; a hunter finds a copy of escoffier and makes a feast using only proteins he hunted himself.
I heart MFK Fisher. Happy reading, great thread
re: corneygirl
Yes, yes! Forgot all about Stalking the Wild Asparagus. It blew me away when I first read it, I was rarin' to get out there in the woods, to the seashore....
re: corneygirl
One more I forgot, Spade Skirret and Parsnip The curious history of vegetables - Bill Laws; also discusses the history of kitchen gardens.
Lots of the new has made it into these lists, but nothing by or about one of the oldest and best!
James Beard is arguably the father of American cuisine in the same way that Julia Child perhaps is the mother. His Delights and Prejudices is one of the most delightful and fascinating and mouth-watering books imaginable, and it's a real treat for anyone who hasn't come across it yet.
re: BerkshireTsarina
Yes, thank you for mentioning that! I have never read James Beard. I'll go look for something right now.
Currently I'm reading M.F.K. Fisher!
re: Boudleaux
Beard is a treat and would be a contrast after MFKF (nice direct prose style).
And Stalking the Wild Asparagus is very fun, I was happy to see it mentioned here. It was one of the very first books I read about food.
My faves-
Serve it Forth- MFK Fisher
It Must've Been Something I Ate- Jeffrey Steingarten
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant- a collection from various writers
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle- Barbara Kingsolver
I highly recommend all of Ruth Reichl's books: Tender to the Bone, Comfort Me With Apples, and Garlic and Sapphires. All are highly entertaining and give beautiful descriptions of food and the food industry.
Eat, Pray, Love also includes some wonderful food scenes---especially when the author is in Italy.
I also enjoyed Bourdain's Nasty Bits (a collection of essays) and A Cook's Tour.
United States of Arugula was also interesting.
Another book I've enjoyed recently:
Elizabeth Pennell - "The Delights of Delicate Eating " - written in the late 19th century.
re: MMRuth
I've read that, too - an absolute delight in every sense of the word!
I just saw this thread after I posted myself about two books I just finished. I don't know if you're looking for "beverage" books in addition to "food" books ...
"Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause" by Tom Gjelten
"The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It" by Tillar Mazzeo
And I second the Kingsolver; the Reichl; and the US of Arugula; and of course the usual Fast Food Nation and Omnivore's Dilemma.
For something different, try "Boogaloo on Second Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt and Music" by Mark Kurlansky. It's a great read and offers a fun take on the changing ethnic history of the lower east side (NYC) and its food.
re: LNG212
Oh, LNG212... I LOVED Boogaloo....the love scenes with the baker's daughter are hilarious
and you can smell the yeast!
re: amazinc
Exactly, it's a very fun book. I liked it much beter than the one serious book I started and never finished, Salt. Even though the subject is something I could live off.
re: LNG212
Thanks! That second book, "The Widow Clicquot" sounds very interesting as does "Boogaloo..."
I am avoiding Omnivore's Dilemma. I don't know why. It seems so...heavy.
re: Boudleaux
I enjoyed the omnivore's dilemma, although didn't necessarily agree with everything written
Loved the man who ate everything - Jeffery Steingarten
re: batchoy
I LOVE Jacques Pepin! I need to add this one too! Thanks!
I just finished a couple of books which I found informative but hilariously entertaining as well:
The Food of a Younger Land - Mark Kurlansky. Basically a look at the eating habits of Americans of a bygone era. Chapters range from Maine clambakes to NY Automats to Montana Fried Beaver Tail & Nebraska Buffalo barbecue. I found this book "unputdownable" :-)
Cuisines of the Axis of Evil - Chris Fair. A really, REALLY entertaining foodie look at the eating habits of not just North Korea, Iraq & Iran, but other "irritating states" (as per the author). Another book which made me laugh out loud.
re: klyeoh
I just went to a panel discussion last night (moderated by Kurlansky) with four European writers whose novels are decidedly food-centric. I've added all the books to my list!
Chez Moi - http://www.amazon.com/Chez-Moi-Agnes-...
Gordo - http://www.amazon.com/Gordo-Spanish-J... - not yet available in English
Keeping House - http://www.amazon.com/Keeping-House-R...
Mitsukos Restaurant by Christoph Peters - not available yet, but I think it is going to be published in English.
This was the panel:
re: MMRuth
Ok, I'll take the hit....
'Heat' Bill Buford.......I am enjoying it very much....ashamedly so.
Lots of good recs here....on MFK Fisher, if you can find a copy of "A Soup or a Story" it is an incredible book with lots of obscure articles she wrote for the numerous publications over the years. I think it contains some of her best writing. And everyone talks about "Omnivore's Dilemma", but I think Pollan's "In Defense of Food" is more engaging.
I also recommend "A Slice of Life" Contemporary Writers on Food, and also Laura Shapiro's biography of Julia Child. There is also Judith Benn Hurley's "Savoring The Day" which is all about utilizing the power of food to keep your body functioning in top form.
And although not about food, Natalie MacLean's "Red, White and Drunk All Over" is a hilarious and highly informative read about wine.


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NBC to return to iTunes Store?
Recent comments made by Apple CEO Steve Jobs and NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker suggest that the two companies may be ready to resume negotiations in regards to the sale of the studio's television shows on the iTunes Store. "We've said all along that we admire Apple, that we want to be in business with Apple," Zucker said in a recent interview. "We're great fans of Steve Jobs." In a separate interview, Jobs said, "We'll put it back together on the TV thing. Everybody lost (when Zucker pulled his content off iTunes). But NBC is a great company, and Apple is a great company." "Fortunately," Jobs half-joked, "there was a writers' strike, so it didn't matter as much as it might have." In August, NBC announced it would not renew its contract to sell its television shows on the iTunes Store, and eventually pulled its lineup from the Store in December; however, NBC Universal has been announced as a partner on Apple's new iTunes Movie Rentals service, further suggesting that the stalemate between the two companies may soon be at an end.
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I guess NBC were hoping that other studios would follow their lead so they could leverage more from future negotiations.
They have obviously been losing out. I certainly have not gone to their site to download anything, I have just stopped catching up on missed episodes.
They repeat them so often, that it is no biggie.
The movie rental deal gives a nice platform to quietly bring back the TV parts, and I guess they can still keep their store open for those that use it.
Posted by Boca on January 21, 2008 at 10:40 AM (CST)
Hellz yeah! Bring back Battlestar Galactica in time for the new season!!!
Posted by Matthew Dunn on January 21, 2008 at 11:11 AM (CST)
Isn't Jeff Zucker the same tool who mocked Apple and skewered iTunes users just a few weeks ago? Didn't he suggest that we were all larcenous cretins for getting episodes of "The Office" for a couple of bucks? Oh, and wasn't there some derisive comment about how Apple had pushed a bunch of hardware "on the backs" of NBC content?
I know it'll probably get resolved, but personally, I hope Jobs reminds Zucker where his sphincter is located, and just how forcefully he can insert his newfound magnanimity in it.
Posted by Flippy Hambone on January 21, 2008 at 12:00 PM (CST)
The Writer's Strike couldn't have worked out better for Steve Jobs, actually.
They want compensation for other media distribution, yet here's NBC willing to give away product just to wean people away from iTunes where people were willing to pay for it.
Before that used to work, to create traffic in hopes of making a profit in the future based on the marketshare. But when they gotta all of a sudden need to pay out, it's become a lot more costly.
Serves NBC right!
At least this one situation benefited iTunes from the strike.
Posted by will_bc on January 21, 2008 at 2:24 PM (CST)
somebody ask Zucker what crow tastes like.
Posted by hydra-calm on January 22, 2008 at 12:25 PM (CST)
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