Book Reviews

The Food of a Younger Land – Book Review

The Food of a Younger Land - Mark Kurlansky

I recently finished reading Mark Kurlansky’s book The Food of a Younger Land and could not help but be amazed how much the food in the United States has changed in 80 years. All who attended school in the United States were taught about the massive federal government efforts in the 1930’s to create stability …

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Good Eats 3 – The Later Years – Book Review

Good Eats 3 - The Later Years

Coming from the UK, I had never heard of Alton Brown let alone the TV Show ‘Good Eats‘. Before being involved with TV Cooking, Alton was a cinematographer for various music videos including The One I Love by REM, and then, because he was dissatisfied with the quality of cooking shows on American TV, so …

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