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Serious Reads: 'Breaking Bread,' by Lynne Christy Anderson

The stories of immigrants are often captured through political histories, memoirs, or news headlines, but the preservation of food culture also plays a crucial role in our understanding of immigration. Chef and professor Lynne Christy Anderson enters the kitchens of members of her Boston community who have left their homes in search of a new life in America. Their touching stories and delicious recipes are wonderfully captured in Anderson's Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens.

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1 Comment | Posted by Leah Douglas, April 10, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: book reviews, Breaking Bread, immigrants, Serious Reads

Sunday Reading

Anthony Bourdain didn't pull any punches when he was interviewed by my friend Robb Walsh on the subject of illegal immigrants working in restaurant kitchens. "People have differing opinions on what we should do about immigration in the future. How open or how closed our borders should be. Fine. But let's be honest, at least, about who is cooking in America NOW. Who we rely on--have relied on for decades. The bald fact is that the entire restaurant industry in America would close down overnight, would never recover, if current immigration laws were enforced quickly and thoroughly across the board. Everyone in the industry knows this. It is undeniable. Illegal labor is the backbone of the service and hospitality industry--Mexican,...

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3 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, December 23, 2007 at 7:36 PM
Tagged: Anthony Bourdain, Houston Press, immigrants, immigration, Robb Walsh, Sunday Reading