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rebecita's review
3.0
More uneven than I remember from past editions. Possibly the fault of the zeitgeist and not the editor. She writes in the forward that this year found everyone "gloomily debating how to fix our broken food system... everyone seems to have an opinion; no one seems to have a solution." Certainly the "Food Fight" section that leads off the book is yet more ranty Pollan fallout without direction. I also could have done with a lighter helping of requisite zany-celebrity chef exposes and meat-glutton confessions.
My favorite selections were timeless, focusing on simple ingredients and techniques, like the back-to-back odes to the perfect omelette. Other pieces that satisfied took on the issues of the day by profiling real food and real people. Illegal immigrants rising through the ranks in American kitchens, Asian street vendors, an heirloom poultry farmer, post-Katrina successes.
My favorite selections were timeless, focusing on simple ingredients and techniques, like the back-to-back odes to the perfect omelette. Other pieces that satisfied took on the issues of the day by profiling real food and real people. Illegal immigrants rising through the ranks in American kitchens, Asian street vendors, an heirloom poultry farmer, post-Katrina successes.
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