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A Fork In The Road: Tales Of Food, Pleasure And Discovery On The Road (2013)

by James Oseland(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Lonely Planet

review 1: I love food-related essays and this one didn't disappoint. Most entries are short. Some are funny. Others are heartbreaking. I was especially touched by the Ozersky's story of his trip to Paris with his father. Tamasin Day-Lewis describes fishing with family and friends off the coast of Ireland. The decription of cooking and eating the catch will make your mouth water. Fans of Ruth Reichl anf M.F.K. Fisher won't want to miss this.
review 2: Better than average anthology, by which I mean I enjoyed about three quarters of the essays (average being about half). These are pretty short entries, around ten small format pages apiece, so they go quickly. There doesn't seem to be any particular order, so you can skip around, picking the authors you like or the titles th... moreat intrigue. But try to get around to all the essays, because there are some that might surprise. I enjoyed a quirky essay by M.J. Hyland, an author I hadn't heard of, about her trip to Finland, in which she found herself cashless (and apparently without a credit card). Her return flight and hotel were already paid for so she only had to worry about food and entertainment. Her solution was effective if rather unorthodox. I also liked Tom Carson's experiences of Indian food, years ago as the teenage son of a Foreign Service officer, and later when his parents-in-law turned out to be experts in Indian cuisine. Andre Aciman's account of his family's disastrous stay at a Tuscan farmhouse was fun, and Francine Prose's family's lunch at a village restaurant in France was hilarious. A fun book to dip into for a light snack. less

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