The art of eating in how I learned to stop spending and love the stove
In the city where dining is a sport, a gourmand swears off restaurants (even takeout ) for two years, rediscovering the economical, gastronomical joy of home cooking. Includes thirty original recipes.
| Main Author: | Erway, Cathy. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Gotham Books,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Eating out in New York
- The start of my restaurant fast
- Breaking into bread
- Mise-en-place
- Chilaquiles and meringues: cooking quirks and characteristics
- Getting dirty: trash diving, freegans, and frugalistas
- From the land: urban foraging 101
- Not ordering in: less haste, less waste
- Giving thanks: communal feasting with friends and family
- Going solo
- New lows: the search for the perfect date meal
- Underground eateries: supper clubs and the formation of the ultra-exclusive SOS (singles only supper club)
- Hanging over in New York: the Mexican menudo incident
- Cooking up a storm: competitive cooking and crazier collaborations
- The end of an era
- The opposite week experiment
- Epilogue.