The Best American Food Writing 2022

Name: The Best American Food Writing 2022
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Sohla El-Waylly
ISBN: 9780063254435

Author: Sohla El-Waylly, Silvia Killingsworth

Series: Best American

Narrator: Amir Abdullah, Pun Bandhu, Ashley Bryant, Dani Martineck, Quyen Ngo, Jacob Patalive

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/01/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Literary Collections

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

A collection of the year’s top food writing, selected by guest editor Sohla El-Waylly and series editor Silvia Killingsworth. Culinary creator, writer and community advocate, Sohla El-Waylly selects the best twenty articles published in 2021 that celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Sohla El-Waylly

Culinary creator, writer and community advocate, SOHLA EL-WAYLLY selects the best twenty articles published in 2021 that celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of our country.

About Silvia Killingsworth

SILVIA KILLINGSWORTH, series editor, is an executive editor at Bloomberg News and a former editor at The Awl and The Hairpin. Prior to that she was the managing editor at The New Yorker and wrote regularly for their magazine and website. She lives in Westchester County, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mona

A mixed bag, but all in all I really enjoyed a lot of the essays in this anthology. It was a diverse selection between personal storytelling, historical / sociological analysis, cultural commentary, and just purely good, descriptive writing. I grouped some of my favorite essays into 4 categories: 1. O......more

Goodreads review by Beth

I received an advance copy via NetGalley. If you love food, if you love understanding it at its deepest, most psychological and personal levels, this book is for you. Every piece in this book has something to teach, whether about the current effort of Black American farmers to reclaim land, or how th......more

Goodreads review by Marian

The Best American Food Writing 2022 is a compilation of food essays, and like any anthology, there are some highs and lows. Some of the essays meander a bit and were a bit of a slog to get through, so the essence of the article was lost, at least to me. As with any anthology, there are always favorit......more

Goodreads review by Nicole

3.5 stars, rounded up......more

Goodreads review by Lex

I look forward to this anthology every year. It didn't disappoint! I particularly loved: - "Starving Toward Deliverance" - "Revolt of the Delivery Workers" - my overall favorite! - "How Vietnamese Americans Made San Jose America's Tofu Capital" - "Other People's Kitchens" - "I Tasted Honda's Spicy Roden......more