The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
By Kiese Laymon, C Pam Zhang, and others
Edited by Padma Lakshmi and Jaya Saxena
Introduction by Padma Lakshmi
Read by Ali Nasser, Soneela Nankani, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Eunice Wong, Chanté McCormick, and Cary Hite
Unabridged
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2 Formats: Retail CD
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2 Formats: MP3 CD
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$49.99
ISBN: 9798874801687
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$45.95
ISBN: 9798874801694
| Runtime: | 9.97 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Food & Beverages |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A collection of the year’s top food and travel writing, selected by the trailblazing New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated host of Taste the Nation and Top Chef Padma Lakshmi.
“Food and travel are natural companions,” writes guest editor Padma Lakshmi. From this pairing comes “the possibility of seeing anew, of examining how we make and assign meaning.” The essays in this year’s Best American Food and Travel Writing circle the world—from Dakar in Senegal, to Michoacán in south-central Mexico, to the Camino de Santiago in Spain—and deepen our understanding of our place in it. An ode to the American grilled cheese spurs the desire to find beauty in the smallest daily activities. An obsessive odyssey for the perfect Chinese food blossoms into a heart-wrenching search for a lost childhood. Bold and insightful, joyful and moving, this collection celebrates the experiences that connect us all.
The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024 includes C PAM ZHANG • LIGAYA MISHAN • KIESE LAYMON • MARIAN BULL • MAYUKH SEN • BEN TAUB • AND OTHERS
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon is the author of Heavy: An American Memoir, the novel Long Division, and the essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. He was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, and is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing and English at the University of Mississippi.
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Author Bio: C Pam Zhang
C Pam Zhang is the author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold, longlisted for for the Booker Prize, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year. Her writing appears in Best American Short Stories, The Cut, McSweeney's Quarterly, the New Yorker, and the New York Times. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree. She was born in Beijing but is mostly an artifact of the United States.
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Author Bio: Mayukh Sen
Mayukh Sen is a writer and winner of a James Beard Foundation Award and the IACP Award. His work has been anthologized in two editions of The Best American Food Writing. He teaches food journalism at New York University.
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Author Bio: Padma Lakshmi
Padma Lakshmi is an award-winning cookbook author, an internationally renowned actress and model, and the host of Bravo TV’s highly acclaimed Top Chef. She lives in New York.
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Author Bio: Jaya Saxena
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Food & Beverages |
| Runtime: | 9.97 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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