Summer Reads, 2008

 

Mario Batali's Summer Reads:

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When über celebrity chef Mario Batali sneaks away from running his 13 restaurants he heads to his lake house in northern Michigan. Here is where he can relax and enjoy getting into the book or two he always has going. We asked him what titles are in his beach bag this summer:

• The Reserve by Russell Banks (Harper, 2008)
• When You Are Engulfed in Flames by funny man David Sedaris (Little, Brown and Company, 2008)
• Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Careme, the First Celebrity Chef by Ian Kelly (Walker and Company, 2005)
• Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life by Richard Florida (Basic Books, 2008)

 

Ruth Reichl's Summer Reads:

(Repeat broadcast. July 21, 2007)

Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, had these titles to offer.

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What Ruth is reading:

• The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution by Alice Waters (Clarkson Potter, October 2, 2007). Note: Ruth is reading an advance copy. The book will be in stores October 2, 2007.
• The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation by David Kamp (Broadway, 2006).
• Julia Child by Laura Shapiro (Viking Adult, 2007).
• The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater by Nigel Slater (Gotham, 2006).
• On Chesil Beach: A Novel by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese, 2007).
• The Yiddish Policeman's Union: A Novel by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, 2007).

What Ruth is Cooking From:

• How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table by Russ Parsons (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
• Eating India: An Odyssey into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices by Chitrita Banerji (Bloomsbury USA, 2007).
• A Great American Cook: Recipes from the Home Kitchen of One of Our Most Influential Chefs by Jonathan Waxman and Bobby Flay (Houghton Mifflin, September 12, 2007).
• Desserts by the Yard: From Brooklyn to Beverly Hills: Recipes from the Sweetest Life Ever by Sherry Yard and Wolfgang Puck (Houghton Mifflin, November 1, 2007).
• A Twist of the Wrist: Quick Flavorful Meals with Ingredients from Jars, Cans, Bags, and Boxes by Nancy Silverton with Carolynn Carreño (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).

Books on Tape:

Ruth combines two things she loves—cooking and reading—by listening to books on tape while she cooks. Some current picks ...

• Middlesex (Audiobook, Unabridged) (Audio Cassette) by Jeffrey Eugenides (author), Kristoffer Tabori (narrator) (Audio Renaissance, unabridged edition, 2002).
• The History of Love (Audiobook, Unabridged) (Audio Cassetts) by Nicole Krauss (Recorded Books, LLC, 2005).
• Brideshead Revisited (Audiobook, Unabridged) (Audio Cassetts) by Evelyn Waugh (author), Jeremy Irons (narrator) (Caedmon; unabridged edition, 2000).

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