Last week the TLT Summer Book Club discussed the first of our two books, The Dirty Life, a memoir about food and farming. (Feel free, by the way, to add comments to that post at any time — I consider it an ongoing discussion for anyone who wants to drop by). Today we’re going to talk [...]
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OK, TLT Book Clubbers (and other interested readers) – grab your glass of wine (or cup of coffee, depending on the hour), pull up a comfy chair and let’s talk about the first of our two summer reads, Kristin Kimball’s The Dirty Life. I’ll start off by mentioning that earlier this year I wrote a [...]
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Hi TLT Book Clubbers! I’ve finished reading Tomatoland and The Dirty Life and hope you’ve been able to read one or both books as well. I’m thinking we’ll talk about The Dirty Life on Wednesday, August 24th and then Tomatoland the following Wednesday, the 31st. And there’s nothing formal here – I’m just going to [...]
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So I took a chance this morning and tweeted Barry Estabrook, author of Tomatoland: How Modern Agriculture Destroyed Nature’s Most Alluring Fruit, one of our two TLT Summer Book Club selections. I asked him if he’d like to participate in our book club discussion later this month and, to my surprise, he said, yes! How nice [...]
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Before closing out the week, a few housekeeping notes and then we’ll make our usual foray into food weirdness. First, if you’re a fan of The Lunch Tray’s Facebook page (and if you’re not, why not?), you know that this week we witnessed another startling breakthrough with my son, aka our resident veggie-phobe. I can’t say [...]
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It’s my first time attempting to run a virtual book club and in retrospect I might have done things a little differently. Trying to agree on a book via poll and reader comment hasn’t really narrowed the field - instead, it’s yielded an embarrassment of riches! Thanks to everyone who shared their favorite food titles [...]
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Those of you participating in TLT’s first ever summer book club expressed a desire to read a book in the “food memoir/literature” category, and here are some selections to choose from. (You can also suggest in the comments section another book in this genre.) I’ll give people a week or so to respond to the [...]
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I don’t have more to my Buffet today than simply to wish everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July. Whether you’re barbecuing a hot dog or a Tofu Pup, a juicy burger or a veggie skewer, I hope you spend the day enjoying delicious food and good times with family and friends . [...]
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With my new relaxed summertime posting schedule, I realized that I actually forgot do a Friday Buffet last week! An unprecedented lapse in over a year of blogging! (And I’m sure you all were lying awake last Friday wondering about it. . . . You were, right? . . . Anyone? . . . [...]
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With summer’s arrival and the end of the school year (at least here in Houston), life is slowing down a bit and I have more time to read. I have a stack of food-related books to delve into, but then it occurred to me: this would be even more fun if I had some company! [...]
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