First this was going to be a review of New York City restaurateur Danny Meyer's new book, Setting the Table. Then it was going to be a mouthwatering account of the food served at a party Monday evening that Danny and Audrey Meyer threw for their friends, colleagues, and extended family to celebrate the publication of the book. Then I realized that I could make this post about both those things and an exercise in shameless self-promotion for Serious Eats. First the book. Setting the Table is an uplifting, revealing account of Danny Meyer's journey from precocious product of a privileged Saint Louis upbringing in what sounds like a fairly dysfunctional but absolutely fascinating family. Meyer learned early that what...
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