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Title: Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes by Amanda Hesser, Izak ISBN: 0-393-05196-X Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.56 (27 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Just average...
Comment: I started this book with high expectations and at first I was happy with what I found: lighthearted and fun stories. But the tone quickly deteriorates and becomes repetitive and Hesser starts to seem pretentious and shallow. These essays might not be so bad if they were printed separately in a weekly column but they are a bit much for one sitting. If you are not up to date on the latest NY eateries, or if you don't care about the latest NY eateries, you will be a little bored.
One thing that this book was good for was airplane reading.
Rating: 3
Summary: i hope she values the people in her life....
Comment: after reading this book, i was touched by how much people care about this skinny-minny. In particular, Mr. Latte's family seems to have taken her in, provided her with vacations, furniture, and most importantly, a family. I was saddened to read that Tad's mother had passed away in July. I would have been much more interested in reading a book about this talented, CARING, woman who could cook!
Rating: 3
Summary: Too Much Mrs. Latte May Induce Lactose Intolerance
Comment: Amanda Hesser's column was a favorite Sunday addiction of mine when it ran in the New York Times Magazine. Her carefully constructed account of a romance gone right worked as well as
a penny-weekly serialization of Dickens, albeit with much
more appetizing food. So, despite the insipid title and
Barbie-hued dustjacket, I was looking forward to having "Cooking for Mr. Latte" in hand.
It is as deliciously easy to get caught up in her privileged world as it is to devour a plate of brownies, and I made the mistake of reading the whole thing in one gluttonous go. As with any overindulgence, I was somewhat sickened by the time I reached the end.
Reading Hesser's columns in omnibus form gives the reader a much clearer sense of the less palatable aspects of her character.
Her devotion to prim perfection in the kitchen, her appearance and her private life no longer seems admirable, but annoying. Who wants a friend to come over
and cook a great meal if you know she is taking mental note
of where the "freshest oils" are kept and which pans are
too crappy for Her Highness to cook with? She even sniffs about her future in-laws leaving dirty dishes in the sink and mayonnaise smears on the counter in the kitchen of their own country house.
While Hesser's youth, spunk and obvious gift for
writing balance out many of her
narrow-minded hang-ups, I see a danger that she might one day tip over into the Martha Stewart camp of mindless worship of domestic
flawlessness in all its most trivial forms - and forget the reason she, and all of us, cook: for communion and pleasure.
Let us hope that Mr. Latte can save the day.
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Title: The Cook and the Gardener : A Year of Recipes and Writings for the French Countryside by Amanda Hesser, Kate Gridley ISBN: 0393046680 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: The Apprentice: My Life In The Kitchen by Jacques Pepin ISBN: 0618197370 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Feeding a Yen : Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco by Calvin Trillin ISBN: 0375508082 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Fried Butter: A Food Memoir by Abe Opincar ISBN: 156947334X Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: It Must've Been Something I Ate: The Return of the Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten ISBN: 0375412808 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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