Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations

More Culinary Essays recipes: Available: http://clipadvise.com/books/item?id=0374175209 Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations Our best-laid plans will yield to fate.And we will say, "We lived We ate."Roy Blount Jr is one of America's most cherished comic writers He's been compared to Mark Twain and James Thurber, and his books have been called everything from "a work of art" (Robert W Creamer, The New York TimesBook Review) to "a book to read till it falls apart" (Newsweek) Now, in Save Room for Pie, he applies his much-praised wit and charm to a rich and fundamental topic: food.As a lifelong eater, Blount always got along easy with food―he didn't have to think, he just ate But food doesn't exist in a vacuum; there's the global climate and the global economy to consider, not to mention Blount's chronic sinusitis, which constricts his sense of smell, and consequently his taste buds So while he's always frowned on eating with an ulterior motive, times have changed Save Room for Pie grapples with these and other food-related questions in Blount's signature style Here you'll find lively meditations on everything from bacon froth to grapefruit, Kobe beef to biscuits You'll also find defenses of gizzards, mullet, okra, cane syrup, watermelon, and boiled peanuts; an imagined dialogue between Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden; input from Louis Armstrong, Frederick Douglass, and Blaze Starr; and of course some shampooed possums and carjacking turkeys.In poems and songs, limericks and fake (or sometimes true) news stories, Blount talks about food in surprising and innovative ways, with all the wit and verve that prompted Garrison Keillor, in The Paris Review, to say: "Blount is the best He can be literate, uncouth, and soulful all in one sentence." ISBN 0374175209 Author: Roy Blount Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books Rank: 72 (398) - Amazon: 3.9 (10) - GoodReads: 3.29 (388) Common terms: Quiche, Empanada, bastilla, Shepherd Pie, samosa, Pumpkin pie, Lemon meringue pie, Kuchen, Cottage pie, Key lime, Fisherman Pie, Fish pie Pasty, Pecan pie, Banoffee pie, Spanakopita, Mince pie, Burek, Pastafrola, Cherry pie, Peach pie, Bakewell tart, Meat pie, Rhubarb, Strawberry rhubarb, Boysenberry, Pastilla, Knish Chess pie, Torta caprese, Buttermilk pie, Blackberry pie, Canele Pot pie, Mississippi mud, Shoofly pie, Chicken pie, Khachapuri, Gibanica, piroshki, 0374175209 More Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiSVhAqdaGg&feature=youtu.be&list=PLQfQYq0WjUUo7EDmBD4sRwhxob3aTAwsM Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHF6GLpdnZUEGNCrtza5Xyg Available in Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Save-Room-Pie-Songs-Ruminations/dp/0374175209%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJQ6R7QMBXJDW4JLA%26tag%3Dclipadvise-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0374175209 Audio credits: Vibe Tracks