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2019 James Beard Award Finalist
2019 IACP Award Finalist
Named a Best Food Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Smithsonian, BookRiot, and more
Semifinalist, Goodreads Choice Awards
“Thoughtful, well researched, and truly moving. Shines a light on what it means to cook and eat American food, in all its infinitely nuanced and ever-evolving glory.”
—Anthony Bourdain
American food is the story of mash-ups. Immigrants arrive, cultures collide, and out of the push-pull come exciting new dishes and flavors. But for Edward Lee, who, like Anthony Bourdain or Gabrielle Hamilton, is as much a writer as he is a chef, that first surprising bite is just the beginning. What about the people behind the food? What about the traditions, the innovations, the memories?
A natural-born storyteller, Lee decided to hit the road and spent two years uncovering fascinating narratives from every corner of the country. There’s a Cambodian couple in Lowell, Massachusetts, and their efforts to re-create the flavors of their lost country. A Uyghur café in New York’s Brighton Beach serves a noodle soup that seems so very familiar and yet so very exotic—one unexpected ingredient opens a window onto an entirely unique culture. A beignet from Café du Monde in New Orleans, as potent as Proust’s madeleine, inspires a narrative that tunnels through time, back to the first Creole cooks, then forward to a Korean rice-flour hoedduck and a beignet dusted with matcha.
Sixteen adventures, sixteen vibrant new chapters in the great evolving story of American cuisine. And forty recipes, created by Lee, that bring these new dishes into our own kitchens.
2019 IACP Award Finalist
Named a Best Food Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Smithsonian, BookRiot, and more
Semifinalist, Goodreads Choice Awards
“Thoughtful, well researched, and truly moving. Shines a light on what it means to cook and eat American food, in all its infinitely nuanced and ever-evolving glory.”
—Anthony Bourdain
American food is the story of mash-ups. Immigrants arrive, cultures collide, and out of the push-pull come exciting new dishes and flavors. But for Edward Lee, who, like Anthony Bourdain or Gabrielle Hamilton, is as much a writer as he is a chef, that first surprising bite is just the beginning. What about the people behind the food? What about the traditions, the innovations, the memories?
A natural-born storyteller, Lee decided to hit the road and spent two years uncovering fascinating narratives from every corner of the country. There’s a Cambodian couple in Lowell, Massachusetts, and their efforts to re-create the flavors of their lost country. A Uyghur café in New York’s Brighton Beach serves a noodle soup that seems so very familiar and yet so very exotic—one unexpected ingredient opens a window onto an entirely unique culture. A beignet from Café du Monde in New Orleans, as potent as Proust’s madeleine, inspires a narrative that tunnels through time, back to the first Creole cooks, then forward to a Korean rice-flour hoedduck and a beignet dusted with matcha.
Sixteen adventures, sixteen vibrant new chapters in the great evolving story of American cuisine. And forty recipes, created by Lee, that bring these new dishes into our own kitchens.
Read Online Buttermilk Graffiti A Chef Journey to Discover America New MeltingPot Cuisine Edward Lee 9781579659004 Books
"This is not just a cookbook by a celebrated chef, its a piece saturated with literary value. It would be an underestimation to only take into account the great recipes that run through the book, the stories interwoven in it are compelling and beautifully written. This book is one not only to cook from, but to savor its words with a good tumbler of bourbon."
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Buttermilk Graffiti A Chef Journey to Discover America New MeltingPot Cuisine Edward Lee 9781579659004 Books Reviews
- On one hand, Buttermilk Graffiti gives us the dramatic sweep of American Regional food in the 21st Century. As in 1939's United States Regional Cookbook, and Molly O'Neill's 2010 One Big Table, this food reflects place and people who've come from near and far. Edward Lee is as much an anthropologist and philosopher as he is gifted chef. His odyssey never nods, even as he questions his voyeurism and the possibility that he is appropriating someone else's cuisine.
One the other hand, the recipes will require serious kitchen time to understand what he's done with the inspirations he found. I've not yet had time to do that. As an expatriated Southerner, my first recipe test will be the Lacy Cornbread, the last recipe in this tour-de-force. - Edward Lee references being an English major once-upon-a-time and his love of language and narrative comes through in this work. Although a few regionally inspired recipes are located at the end of each chapter, this is not cookbook. It is a journey to discover the origins of an American cuisine, if that even really exists.
I marveled at Lee's gumption and inquisitive nature that took him to very unfamiliar neighborhoods that make up the melting pot. He also is transparent and vulnerable, letting us know when he does feel totally out of place. He also describes how Seattle will ever be linked in his mind with his father's death and the similarities of the immigrant communities with his own family's story.
A truly innovative, encapsulating and evocative view of what makes up our country through the foods we nourish ourselves with. - This is a terrific book- I have followed Edward Lee's career and know his skills as a chef, but his writing is superb. He traveled all over the U.S. to eat in ethnic neighborhoods that are assimilating. I get emotional reading any cookbook, but this is beautifully written too. MFK Fisher meets John Steinbeck in 'Travels with Charley'.
- This is not just a cookbook by a celebrated chef, its a piece saturated with literary value. It would be an underestimation to only take into account the great recipes that run through the book, the stories interwoven in it are compelling and beautifully written. This book is one not only to cook from, but to savor its words with a good tumbler of bourbon.
- Edward Lee’s voice is lyrical and compassionate. He made me feel as though I was sitting and eating with him as he went from restaurant to restaurant connecting with locals.
- I so enjoyed watching this talented chef on Top Chef but was a little disappointed in the book. Not many useful recipes for this home cook. Good story of his journey.
- Great read! Good stories along with many recipes I’m looking forward to trying out. Can’t wait!
- A thoroughly enjoyable read that was honest, entertaining, and had great voice. I loved the exploration of the topic of immigrant food and how it evolves with each generation. One of the freshest food books I’ve read in a while.
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