I will preface this post, in case you people missed the poster name.

I am Barry (UK), not Barry.

I really don't get Barry. An exceptionally intelligent
And knowledgeable person, who, for whatever reason often decides to
attack a poster, and always loves to reply to the Religious crosses posters.

I don't get that. Are you trying to keep up your "Bad Boy" reputation by
attacking some genuine posters, and as for the "Religious Lunatic" cross
posters, you know they don't read the replies, so why bother?

You appear as my "Dark Side", I rarely disagree with anything you post,
but as to the whys and wherefores, I often don't know why you bother
posting.

I think you are a Bona Fide Cook! You could not follow rfc if you were
not. Give us a recipe instead of the often pointless posts.

Back to the Subject:
So here we are, now divested of my Dark Half.

I would like some recommendations for "Food Writer" books.

I only have one guiding star to explain "Food Writer", and that is Nigel
Slater. Kitchen Diaries and Appetite are the benchmark.

I want to be "in their head" when they write about food.
Anyone can write a recipe book; Tana Ramsay being a perfect example.
Wife of Gordon Ramsay (a truly great cook)

I want to smell, touch and taste the ingredients; all can be done by
great writing! Hope you all can give me some recommendations.

As an addendum. I nailed the perfect Pasty today (if you don't know what
as pasty is... Google it) I won't bother rfc with recipe, but if you
would like it email me.

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:15:45 +0100, "Barry(UK)"
> wrote:

>I will preface this post, in case you people missed the poster name.
>
>I am Barry (UK), not Barry.
>
>I really don't get Barry. An exceptionally intelligent
>And knowledgeable person, who, for whatever reason often decides to
>attack a poster, and always loves to reply to the Religious crosses posters.
>
>I don't get that. Are you trying to keep up your "Bad Boy" reputation by
>attacking some genuine posters, and as for the "Religious Lunatic" cross
>posters, you know they don't read the replies, so why bother?
>
>You appear as my "Dark Side", I rarely disagree with anything you post,
>but as to the whys and wherefores, I often don't know why you bother
>posting.
>
>I think you are a Bona Fide Cook! You could not follow rfc if you were
>not. Give us a recipe instead of the often pointless posts.
>
>Back to the Subject:
>So here we are, now divested of my Dark Half.
>
>I would like some recommendations for "Food Writer" books.
>
>I only have one guiding star to explain "Food Writer", and that is Nigel
>Slater. Kitchen Diaries and Appetite are the benchmark.
>
>I want to be "in their head" when they write about food.
>Anyone can write a recipe book; Tana Ramsay being a perfect example.
>Wife of Gordon Ramsay (a truly great cook)
>
>I want to smell, touch and taste the ingredients; all can be done by
>great writing! Hope you all can give me some recommendations.
>
>As an addendum. I nailed the perfect Pasty today (if you don't know what
>as pasty is... Google it) I won't bother rfc with recipe, but if you
>would like it email me.

i don't think folks here would consider it a 'bother,' barry.

your pal,
blake

>On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:15:45 +0100, "Barry(UK)"
> wrote:

>>I only have one guiding star to explain "Food Writer", and that is Nigel
>>Slater. Kitchen Diaries and Appetite are the benchmark.
>>
>>I want to be "in their head" when they write about food.
>>Anyone can write a recipe book; Tana Ramsay being a perfect example.
>>Wife of Gordon Ramsay (a truly great cook)
>>
>>I want to smell, touch and taste the ingredients; all can be done by
>>great writing! Hope you all can give me some recommendations.

I can give you several for starters.

Laurie Colwin (Home Cooking)
John Thorne (Simple Cooking, Outlaw Cook, Pot on the Fire)
MFK Fisher (The Art of Eating)
Elizabeth David

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:15:45 +0100, "Barry(UK)"
>> > wrote:
>
>>> I only have one guiding star to explain "Food Writer", and that is Nigel
>>> Slater. Kitchen Diaries and Appetite are the benchmark.
>>>
>>> I want to be "in their head" when they write about food.
>>> Anyone can write a recipe book; Tana Ramsay being a perfect example.
>>> Wife of Gordon Ramsay (a truly great cook)
>>>
>>> I want to smell, touch and taste the ingredients; all can be done by
>>> great writing! Hope you all can give me some recommendations.
>
> I can give you several for starters.
>
> Laurie Colwin (Home Cooking)
> John Thorne (Simple Cooking, Outlaw Cook, Pot on the Fire)
> MFK Fisher (The Art of Eating)
> Elizabeth David

Fried Butter by Abe Opincar
Any of the food books by Calvin Trillin (Feeding a Yen is one I liked)

Serene

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:34:59 -0700, Serene-y the Meanie
> wrote:

>Christine Dabney wrote:
>>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:15:45 +0100, "Barry(UK)"
>>> > wrote:
>>
>>>> I only have one guiding star to explain "Food Writer", and that is Nigel
>>>> Slater. Kitchen Diaries and Appetite are the benchmark.
>>>>
>>>> I want to be "in their head" when they write about food.
>>>> Anyone can write a recipe book; Tana Ramsay being a perfect example.
>>>> Wife of Gordon Ramsay (a truly great cook)
>>>>
>>>> I want to smell, touch and taste the ingredients; all can be done by
>>>> great writing! Hope you all can give me some recommendations.
>>
>> I can give you several for starters.
>>
>> Laurie Colwin (Home Cooking)
>> John Thorne (Simple Cooking, Outlaw Cook, Pot on the Fire)
>> MFK Fisher (The Art of Eating)
>> Elizabeth David
>
>Fried Butter by Abe Opincar
>Any of the food books by Calvin Trillin (Feeding a Yen is one I liked)
>
>Serene

Alice, Let's Eat is a good one, as is Second Helpings.

Also I've thoroughly enjoyed Michael Ruhlman's books: Making of a Chef
and Soul of a Chef. I started, but haven't yet finished Reach of a
Chef.
--

modom

http://www.koyote.com/users/modom/home.html

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:04:13 -0400, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>Laurie Colwin (Home Cooking)
>John Thorne (Simple Cooking, Outlaw Cook, Pot on the Fire)
>MFK Fisher (The Art of Eating)
>Elizabeth David

I'll second all of these recommendations and add:
James Beard
Jeffrey Steingarten

Tara

On Apr 24, 11:15 pm, "Barry(UK)" > wrote:
> I will preface this post, in case you people missed the poster name.
>
> I am Barry (UK), not Barry.
>
> I really don't get Barry. An exceptionally intelligent
> And knowledgeable person, who, for whatever reason often decides to
> attack a poster, and always loves to reply to the Religious crosses posters.

I understand why you feel my remarks to a lunatic are pointless.. as..
they aren't going to read it anyway right? aaahh, it's not for the
lunatic, it's for the ones who do read. here is proof...

in the past 7 days, here is my feeble stats

Your 7-day activity
11 discussions started
142 discussions replies
248 direct replies to your messages
62 views of your messages

usually the direct replies is somewhere around 6-900
sooo...

AND did you notice what happened after I put few slices in the CHUNG
thread?
it went away (which is what I wanted it to do)
haven't heard a word from drew since.

CAN I GET AN AMEN?

> I don't get that. Are you trying to keep up your "Bad Boy" reputation by
> attacking some genuine posters, and as for the "Religious Lunatic" cross
> posters, you know they don't read the replies, so why bother?


> You appear as my "Dark Side", I rarely disagree with anything you post,
> but as to the whys and wherefores, I often don't know why you bother
> posting.

apathy my friend (on your part)???? I don't know.

> I think you are a Bona Fide Cook! You could not follow rfc if you were
> not. Give us a recipe instead of the often pointless posts.
>
> Back to the Subject:
> So here we are, now divested of my Dark Half.
>
> I would like some recommendations for "Food Writer" books.
>
> I only have one guiding star to explain "Food Writer", and that is Nigel
> Slater. Kitchen Diaries and Appetite are the benchmark.
>
> I want to be "in their head" when they write about food.
> Anyone can write a recipe book; Tana Ramsay being a perfect example.
> Wife of Gordon Ramsay (a truly great cook)
>
> I want to smell, touch and taste the ingredients; all can be done by
> great writing! Hope you all can give me some recommendations.
>
> As an addendum. I nailed the perfect Pasty today (if you don't know what
> as pasty is... Google it) I won't bother rfc with recipe, but if you
> would like it email me.

dude your high!

yes and I have a fantastic pin-wheel recipe, juss mail me if you'd
like a copy

see... it's my point, is this apathy? WHY wouldn't you post your
recipe..
makes no sense

AND you won't find one post where I attack ANYONE innocent
for the seemingly innocent victims, screw'em if they can't take a joke

it's why I attack! so they can lighten up.. these should be the posts
you don't know why I bother

for writing, you need a hook in your book