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huycantread's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed 75% of the essays (mostly in the first half). It’s just so fun using food as a motif to talk about larger cultural and socioeconomic phenomenon, yet remains consistently intimate because eating is intimate. Anyway, guess I shouldn’t eat Dave’s Hot Chicken. Might borrow this audiobook again on a rainy day!
smollinedo's review against another edition
1.0
Most essays are good individually, but as a bind up no. I think the idea is good but if you wanted to share it I don’t think printing each essay is the best. Everyone is so different from the other that categories might make it better.
jekanayake's review against another edition
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5.0
monat2's review against another edition
4.0
A mixed bag, but all in all I really enjoyed a lot of the essays in this anthology. It was a diverse selection between personal storytelling, historical / sociological analysis, cultural commentary, and just purely good, descriptive writing.
I grouped some of my favorite essays into 4 categories:
1. Ones that made me think:
- The Limits of the Lunchbox Moment, by Jaya Saxena
- Starving Toward Deliverance, by Julia Sonenshein
2. Ones that left me more informed:
- How Vietnamese Americans Made San Jose America’s Tofu Capital, by Adesh Thapliyal
- Revolt of the Delivery Workers, by Josh Dzieza
- Ghost Acres: Tulare Lake and the Past Future of Food, by Tom Finger
- Innovation and the Incinerated Tongue: Notes on Hot Chicken, Race, and Culinary Crossover, by Cynthia R. Greenlee
- Fruits of Empire, by Willa Glickman
3. Ones where I just loved the writing and prose:
- In My Childhood Kitchen, I Learned Both Fear and Love, by Hannah Selinger
- If Silence is the Cost of Great Ramen, So Be It, by Nina Li Coomes
4. Ones that entertained me:
- The Man Who Didn’t Invent Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, by Sam Dean
- The Wild and Irresistibly Saucy Tale of the Curry Con Man, by Mayukh Sen
I grouped some of my favorite essays into 4 categories:
1. Ones that made me think:
- The Limits of the Lunchbox Moment, by Jaya Saxena
- Starving Toward Deliverance, by Julia Sonenshein
2. Ones that left me more informed:
- How Vietnamese Americans Made San Jose America’s Tofu Capital, by Adesh Thapliyal
- Revolt of the Delivery Workers, by Josh Dzieza
- Ghost Acres: Tulare Lake and the Past Future of Food, by Tom Finger
- Innovation and the Incinerated Tongue: Notes on Hot Chicken, Race, and Culinary Crossover, by Cynthia R. Greenlee
- Fruits of Empire, by Willa Glickman
3. Ones where I just loved the writing and prose:
- In My Childhood Kitchen, I Learned Both Fear and Love, by Hannah Selinger
- If Silence is the Cost of Great Ramen, So Be It, by Nina Li Coomes
4. Ones that entertained me:
- The Man Who Didn’t Invent Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, by Sam Dean
- The Wild and Irresistibly Saucy Tale of the Curry Con Man, by Mayukh Sen
christine_c's review against another edition
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4.75
therealcubcake's review
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4.0
kitcat95's review
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4.0