I am just finishing up the fantastic book Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef by Marco Pierre White. The first British chef to win three Michelin stars the book is surprisingly fresh, intelligent and authentic. He seems to hold nothing back, including his throwing of cheese and risotto.
What I have stacked on my bedside table:
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, one of my favorite writers.
A World Without Bees by Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum, about colony collapse disorder.
The Reivers by William Faulkner
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Women With Men by Richard Ford. I found his book The Sportswriter so whacky and brilliant I am reading another of his novels.
Ancedotes of Destiny and Ehrengard by Isak Dinesen
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. If you have not already, read her Pulitzer Prize winning short story collection Interpreter of Maladies. It is gorgeous.
Any good reads you think I should add to my stack? I would love to know.
Photo The City Sage.
