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4368008My Usual Tablehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/my-usual-table-9780062136503/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/790979/7fe57af1-1a4d-4f04-a5af-bda4d50910ba.jpg?v=638425924833600000206251MXNHarperCollinsInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A vivid memoir and an appealing love letter to great restaurants by a James Beard Award winner and founding editor of <em>Saveur</em> (<em>Los Angeles Times</em>).</strong></p><p>For Colman Andrews, restaurants have been his playground, his theater, his university, his church, his refuge. The establishments he has loved have not only influenced culinary trends at home and abroad, but represent the changing history and culture of food in America and Western Europe. From his usual table, he has watched the growth of Nouvelle Cuisine and fusion cuisine; the organic and locavore movements; nose-to-tail eating; and so-called molecular gastronomy.</p><p>In My Usual Table, Andrews interweaves his own storyfrom growing up in the sunset years of Hollywoods golden age and dining at Chasens and Trader Vics to traveling the world in pursuit of great foodwith tales of the restaurants, chefs, and restaurateurs who are emblematic of the revolutions great and small that have forever changed the way we eat, cook, and think about food.</p><p>In the hands of a less adept writer, Andrews narratives of movie stars cavorting in their favorite restaurant haunts or dining at his parents house might seem mere name-dropping, but his respect and affection for these celebrities make for enjoyable storytelling. <em>Booklist</em></p><p>A compelling writer . . . his descriptions of restaurants past will lead readers who chronicle their own days in Instagrammed meals on an adventure in armchair time travel. <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></p>...1434281My Usual Table206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/my-usual-table-9780062136503/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/790979/7fe57af1-1a4d-4f04-a5af-bda4d50910ba.jpg?v=638425924833600000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149780062136503_W3siaWQiOiIxN2I4MmEwMy1kMGUzLTQzYzUtYmFiMy1hNTEwMjEyZmYzMzgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI1MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ1LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDEtMDhUMjI6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780062136503_<p><em>My Usual Table</em> is a love letter to the great restaurants that have changed the way we eatfrom Trader Vics to Chez Panisse and Spago to elBulliand a vivid memoir of a life lived in food, from a founding editor of <em>Saveur</em> and James Beard Award-winning writer Colman Andrews.</p><p>For reviewer, writer, and editor Colman Andrews, restaurants have been his playground, his theater, his university, his church, his refuge. The establishments he has loved have not only influenced culinary trends at home and abroad, but represent the changing history and culture of food in America and Western Europe. From his usual table, he has watched the growth of Nouvelle Cuisine and fusion cuisine; the organic and locavore movements; nose-to-tail eating; and so-called molecular gastronomy.</p><p>In <em>My Usual Table</em>, Andrews interweaves his own storyfrom growing up in the sunset years of Hollywoods golden age to traveling the world in pursuit of great foodwith tales of the restaurants, chefs, and restaurateurs who are emblematic of the revolutions great and small that have forever changed the way we eat, cook, and think about food.</p>...(*_*)9780062136503_<p><strong>A vivid memoir and an appealing love letter to great restaurants by a James Beard Award winner and founding editor of <em>Saveur</em> (<em>Los Angeles Times</em>).</strong></p><p>For Colman Andrews, restaurants have been his playground, his theater, his university, his church, his refuge. The establishments he has loved have not only influenced culinary trends at home and abroad, but represent the changing history and culture of food in America and Western Europe. From his usual table, he has watched the growth of Nouvelle Cuisine and fusion cuisine; the organic and locavore movements; nose-to-tail eating; and so-called molecular gastronomy.</p><p>In My Usual Table, Andrews interweaves his own storyfrom growing up in the sunset years of Hollywoods golden age and dining at Chasens and Trader Vics to traveling the world in pursuit of great foodwith tales of the restaurants, chefs, and restaurateurs who are emblematic of the revolutions great and small that have forever changed the way we eat, cook, and think about food.</p><p>In the hands of a less adept writer, Andrews narratives of movie stars cavorting in their favorite restaurant haunts or dining at his parents house might seem mere name-dropping, but his respect and affection for these celebrities make for enjoyable storytelling. <em>Booklist</em></p><p>A compelling writer . . . his descriptions of restaurants past will lead readers who chronicle their own days in Instagrammed meals on an adventure in armchair time travel. <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em></p>...9780062136503_HarperCollinslibro_electonico_9780062136503_9780062136503Colman AndrewsInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-533c1a62-07d2-47c5-b4ee-7c15b1f7f5c7.epub2014-03-18T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins