Cooking for Mr Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes

Cooking for Mr Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes

by A Hesser (Author)

Synopsis

Life in the city, love, and unforgettable meals-can a food writer find happiness with a man who has an empty refrigerator? Amanda Hesser's irresistible book is the tale of a romance where food is the source of discovery, discord, and delight-a story of universal desires: good food, great company, and a mate.

At each stage of her courtship-from her first date with Mr. Latte (a near-disaster) to her first uneasy dinner at his parents' home, from intimate suppers in her Upper West Side apartment to his first attempt at cooking for her-Amanda supplies menus for the meals they share: more than one hundred well-balanced and well-seasoned recipes that will leave you satisfied yet wanting more.

With warmth and honesty, Amanda shares her feasts and foibles, triumphs and near-misses, tense encounters and good times in the kitchen and beyond. Her humorous, sensuous tale leads us date by date, recipe by recipe, to a jubilant conclusion.

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Quantity

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New edition
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 12 May 2004

ISBN 10: 0393325598
ISBN 13: 9780393325591

Media Reviews
A reach as wide as Emeril Lagasse, sex appeal on par with that of TV-chef-cum-temptress Nigella Lawson, and a literary voice likened to that of M. F. K. Fisher. -- Nina Willdorf - Boston Phoenix
In a category all its own...weaves inviting recipes into delightful first-person prose. [Hesser] is abundantly talented. -- John Edward King - Christian Science Monitor
A totally lovable book, a kind of Bridget Jones for foodies. -- Irene Sax - Epicurious.com
Charming and smart. -- New York Times Book Review
Author Bio
Amanda Hesser has been a food columnist and editor at the New York Times for more than a decade. She is the author of The Essential New York Times Cookbook, the award-winning Cooking for Mr. Latte and The Cook and the Gardener, and editor of the essay collection Eat, Memory. Hesser is also the co-founder of food52.com. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Tad Friend, and their two children.