You will enjoy Buford’s memories of Michel Richard in Washington DC. (Most of the time, we read very different books from each other). We went many times to Lyon, and so his immersion in living and working in kitchens in Lyonnaise restaurants was fun and familiar to both the Resident Wine Maniac and myself. He is a most talented ruminative writer – his two-decade experience as an editor at The New Yorker probably helped.
But as we say now, “It’s complicated.” This book will take me all summer to digest.īut the real treat has been the new book by Bill Buford, Dirt, and my rereading his first one, Heat. Superior weaponry, methods of transport and resistance to pathogens are the actors that have determined “civilization” - not Eurasian ingenuity. Societies that transitioned from hunting and foraging for food to farming instead, advanced to more sophisticated levels. And how we feed ourselves plays a big part. It is very wordy, but the author’s theories about why certain societies advanced over the millenia and others did not, is fascinating. For my history section, I have been reading Guns, Germs And Steel after it was mentioned in the Italian Lockdown post by the Italy Insider. But I persist slowly, convinced that I must be missing something. Too much overdeveloped British snark over too many pages. The most disappointing, despite being highly recommended by others in the food nethersphere, is Cooking With Fernet Branca. For more suggestions, from the books featured in these posts, you might find some additional good reads that might otherwise have escaped your notice. I search for a bit of history, a dab of satire, a perspective on cooking and something totally escapist too – although this summer my escapist adventure has been The Money Heist on Netflix. Summer reading is different, and a little bit more disciplined. My post Christmas reading follows a much stricter rule, whose only demand is that I don’t have to work hard for my enjoyment. But now, without any essays demanded, I love looking through summer reading suggestions that I get from my local book store, Old Town Books, or The New York Times and even some food websites. Back then, you had to write a long, penetrating essay on the meaning of the book, which added to the misery. Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent for English, Swann’s Way in French (that was going to be part of my major) and one other that I have blessedly obliterated from memory. The most painful obligatory summer reading list I have had to endure was the one sent to me the summer before my freshman year at college. Read Time: 5 Minutes Subscribe & Share Summer Reading Progression Home » Browse » Book Report » Book Report: Summer Reading With Bill Buford JWritten by: Nancy Pollard
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