Reviews

Eating with the Pilgrims and Other Pieces by Calvin Trillin

jwsg's review

2.0

At 100 pages, this was a quick and easy read. The standouts in the collection for me were some of Trillin’s New Yorker pieces - Missing Links from 2002 on the hunt for the best boudin in Louisiana, Don’t Mention It from 2002, a profile of Kenny Shopsin of Shopsin’s General Store fame, and Where’s Chang from 2010, on the hunt for talented Chinese chef Peter Chang as he hopped from restaurant to restaurant across the USA.

fallchicken's review

4.0

Quick little book. I forget how funny Trillin is. The Eating with the Pilgrims essay may need to be read every year.

pandemoniumpizza's review

4.0

From the first page I knew I would really enjoy this book. It's a collection of essays and articles written by Calvin Trillin about food. All of the writings are really interesting and they are so funny. I got quite a few laughs out of this book.