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Serious Reads: Spoon Fed, by Kim Severson

We all have those figures in our lives who shape our own behavior—and our tastes. For those who care about food, these figures are often linked somehow to the nourishment we've received throughout our lives. For journalist and food writer Kim Severson, her life-changing influences were all women who somehow helped her develop as a food lover. In her memoir, Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life, she details her experiences with these women.

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3 Comments | Posted by Leah Douglas, August 21, 2010 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: book reviews, books, Kim Severson, reviews, Serious Reads, Spoon Fed

All the News That's Fit to Eat Part II

New York Times food reporters Kim Severson and Julia Moskin (full disclosure here; I know both of them and the three of us have broken bread together) had a front-page story today detailing the growth of meal assembly centers around the country. People looking to save time and money and still put what can only loosely be called a "home-cooked meal" on their family table go to one of these centers and make "12 dinners for six in two hours for under $200." I wonder what Alice Waters, who has been saying for years that the disappearing "family meal" is one of the chief causes of the de-evolution of family life in this country, thinks about these centers, which use...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Ed Levine, March 26, 2006 at 12:43 PM
Tagged: Alice Waters, cooking, Julia Moskin, Kim Severson, New York Times, NYT, Sysco