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Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee
daumari's review against another edition
4.0
Unintentionally a fitting read for the weekend I traveled to Lexington, KY for a family wedding given that Lee lives and works not too far away in Louisville. More travelogue than cookbook (though every chapter does have recipes from/related to his adventure), there's a lot of discussion about cultural identity through food (the throughline I still have 4 generations in after language has been lost), and the shifting landscape of cities (places with a lot of manufacturing always need labor and it comes in immigrant waves). Lee abhors the word "authentic", something I've started avoiding using as an adjective to discuss foods because what's truly authentic, especially if it's the cuisine of poor people trying to make do with available ingredients, or energetic young chefs trying to revive lost techniques?
Once again I have failed to make something from recipes before I returned it to the library so I can't verify how good they are, but they sounded great.
Once again I have failed to make something from recipes before I returned it to the library so I can't verify how good they are, but they sounded great.
chandag's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.5
Community read 2024 and book club read.
mysterymom40's review
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
randywgravitz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
chupacobbruh's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
lyriclorelei's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I'm not sure why I was surprised at how much travel memoir there was in this with "journey" in the subtitle.
jocelynmae's review against another edition
1.0
"No one's gonna come to your aid. You're all alone. You either fight like hell or you get your ass kicked. First time a kid gets his head knocked in, you see if he's got any haht. The ones that don't, they go down and they stay down. You see a kid get back up and fight, that's haht.”
I feel like it’s not fair for me to be rating this because it was for an English class…but I’m doing it anyway.
This book was boring as shit.
It was fine at first but then I discovered my hatred for non-fiction is real.
I feel like it’s not fair for me to be rating this because it was for an English class…but I’m doing it anyway.
This book was boring as shit.
It was fine at first but then I discovered my hatred for non-fiction is real.