Midsummer Night Reads By: Alysia Satchel
Posted June 23, 2009
Food & Travel
Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook By Patrick Neely, Paula Disbrowe, Gina Neely $27.95, Knopf
May 2009
Take a break from calorie-counting and spice up your palette. Patrick and Gina Neely, a married couple featured on the Food Network, serve up more than 120 succulent recipes in their first cookbook. As co-owners of one of the most successful restaurants in the South, Neely’s Bar-B-Que, this charismatic couple teaches readers why Southerners wrote the book on comfort food. Add some zest to your summer with dishes such as Nana’s Southern Gumbo and Memphis-sized Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Slaw.
Eat My Globe: One Year to Go Everywhere and Eat Everything By Simon Majumdar $26.00, Free Press
May 2009
After turning 40, Simon Majumdar escaped his career and followed his mantra: go everywhere, eat everything. Majumdar bounced around to 30 countries in 12 months. In Eat My Globe, he leaps taste-buds-first into stir-fried rat in China (which he includes on his “Top Ten Worst Eats” list), and dives into other delights, including Australian meat pies and Japanese tempura. The fearless foodie’s passion for cuisine, family, and gracious hospitality shape this witty and engaging book.
Mix Shake Stir: Recipes From Danny Meyer’s Acclaimed New York City Restaurants By Danny Meyer $29.99, Little, Brown and Company
May 2009
Master mixologist Danny Meyer teaches readers how to shake things up at home without breaking the bank. Patrons of Meyer’s upscale restaurants, including Gramercy Tavern and Union Square Cafe in New York City, enjoy posh cuisine and great cocktails. Learn to prepare more than 100 classy, recession-friendly concoctions to entertain family and friends.
The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2009: True Stories from Around the World Edited by Lucy McCauley $17.95, Travelers’ Tales
February 2009
In this fifth edition of the series, women display their bravery on adventures in exotic locales. From a traveler canoeing down the Amazon after nightfall to an American woman transforming gender stereotypes on the Kenyan soccer field, these stories deliver vicarious thrills and armchair-traveler satisfaction.
Midsummer Night Reads
