With her passion for fine food, her nose for hypocrisy and social humbug, and, above ail, her appetite for love and life, Greene traces her rise from a Velveeta cocoon in the Midwest to journalist wannabe, to powerful critic of New York magazine. What timing: to be un grand fromage in the world of food, just when eating well was becoming a national obsession. Love and food, foreplay and fork play, haute cuisine and social history—all become inextricably linked as the author embarks on what seemed, at times to her, a frivolous quest to satisfy insatiable hunger. Until the specter of hunger on her own street engaged her energy and Citymeals-on-Wheels emerged. Along the way meet the culinary icons of our time—Henri Soule, Andre Soltner, James Beard, jean Troisgros, Michel Guerard, Julia Child, Joe Baum- and revealing dissections of New York's legendary "in" spots and their invisible caste systems -- at The Colony, "21", Le Cirque, and (Odeon.
>
Chain Gang, TheRichard McCordNarrated By : Richard McCordPublished By : Blackstone Audio Inc11 hours 30 minutesCategories : JournalismDownload Price : $23.95
“I’m afraid they’re going to get me,” said Frank Wood, publisher of the Green Bay News-Chronicle, in a phone call to colleague Richard McCord. Wood could not hold out much longer against a devouring giant, the Gannett Company. McCord, as a publisher of the Santa Fe Reporter, had successfully... View...
|
Anatomy of GreedBrian CruverNarrated By : Mel FosterPublished By : Brilliance Audio Inc10 hours 46 minutesCategories : True Crime
|
With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together (Abridged)Ossie Davis and Ruby DeeNarrated By : Ossie Davis and Ruby DeePublished By : Hachette Audio6 hoursCategories : Autobiography
|
Life Story of MilarepaKen AlbertsenNarrated By : BrahmburgersPublished By : Adventure 1 Publishing3 hours 50 minutesCategories : Biography
|