Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink Audiobook

" Hey, if you like food, like to cook, or just like to read about both this is an entertaining book. Some older articles are in here, but they are still good to read. It's an easy pick up, put down book. Great bedside reading, though watch out, you might get out of bed for a snack! "

" Started out slow, picked up pace with exciting and interesting articles, then kinda fizzled out at the end. Loved the articles which explored interesting and unheard of delicacies. Even enjoyed articles about food processes I knew very little about, ie; cheese nun, the art of tofu. Also, very much enjoyed the Julia Childs article/bio, but overall found the entire collection together to be lacking. I find the New Yorker always has such interesting food-related articles, that it was kind of a let-down when a collection of said-related articles did not provide as great reading. Perhaps some of teh writing was outdated, and could not keep me as enthused to read about soem French bistro in the 1920s... (no that can't be it, 'cause the Dorothy Parker article was one of my favorites). Hard to explain what I found lacking. Recommend subscribing to New Yorker and looking up current issues articles regarding food/restaurants/booze/and food. Perhaps a good bedside-table book, to open and read an article, put away, move on to the next great literary treat, repeat... "

" Unfortunately, I just couldn't plow through the dense collection. I'm sure there is some great writing about food in here -- after all, it's a collection from the pages of the New Yorker. I suspect it had more to do with my lack of time than a true lack of value in the book itself, and I think this is a failed read I'll come back to later when I have more time to explore the variety of essays. "

" As always, The New Yorker fills us up with good things. Esecially love Trillin and Bourdain at his snarkiest. "

" Wonderful essays, short stories, from 1920's to now. some very funny, too. "

" A perfect book to pick up and read a chapter a night. Love the food stories and food facts from the varied authors. "

" I should have known this wouldn't be to my style, as I don't lke the New Yorker. I left this one after three discs into it. I love food writing but most of these essays were too wordy and foodie for me. If you are also a person less interested in accounts of the restaurants of the 1920's and 1930's in France than in good entertaining writing about food, check out Ruth Reichl's books, Anthony Bourdain's A Chef's Tour, Julia Child's My Life In France, or Julie and Julia - all of which were great reads! "

" Good book to pick up read an article, put down and pick it up again. All and all a good read. "

" I love reading 2-3 of these between novels. Funny how the different "foodies" over time show up in eachother's articles ... "

" My husband (who is a chef) and I are reading this to one another and eating it up story by story. It is inspiring him and making me hungry. Good combo right? "

" I am currently reading a chapter or two a day... "

" Keeping to the high standards of The New Yorker Magazine, these essays and a smattering of food related cartoons for spice will have you smiling, chuckling, and guffawing. Wonderful collection. "

" I had to return this to the library before I finished it, but I enjoyed most of the essays I read. I'll probably pick it up again sometime. "

" Most of them are great, but anything by Dorothy Parker or Calvin Trillin makes me pee my pants "

" Cheese nun! Raw cheese forever. "

" I liked it for the reasons that I did and hated it for reasons similar. Food writing is stupid, but so is everything else. Woody Allen's piece is very funny. "

" Lots of great reading - a collection of New Yorker articles ranging over many topics and eras. Tremendously enjoyable. "

" I read this book in my foodie lit class. Loved it. Highly recommend it for foodies! :) "

" Delightfully snooty; the combination of New Yorker + cooking will always brighten my day. "

" A feast for the mind to be nibbled or devoured! "

" Entertaining, but definitely not something to look forward to before bed. "

" This book has been an amazing read! It's a HUGE collection of articles and there've only been a few that I didn't find totally worth reading. Glad I bought it on my kindle b/c the paperback edition looks heavy! Am almost done w/it and am feeling sad that it'll be over soon! "

" A collection of New York writings and cartoons about food and drink. An appetizing browse. "

" If you can get past the first few chapters written by annoying Francophiles, the rest of the compilation is a great read. The variety of writing is worth the time with some truly compelling works combined with some really creative ones. "

" Fun read for a wannabe foodie (me). "

" A little bit of everything from serious culinary journalism to goofy humor. There are a few hairs in the soup that kept me from giving it five stars, but it's very tasty overall and the spectacular selection of short stories as the "dessert course" are worth the cover price by themselves. "

" This collection of food writing from "The New Yorker" covers the decades from the 1930s to the 2000s. It features fiction and non-fiction, from authors both famous (Anthony Bourdain, M.F.K. Fisher, Dorothy Parker) and non-famous. I had no idea that just reading about food could be so enthralling. "

" Once I got past the first section, which had a terrible pox of italics, all was well (despite what appears to be a significant overrepresentation of seafood). "

" a lovely romp thru the new yorkers collection of columns about food. i love the magazine and enjoyed this collection "

" A collection of New York writings and cartoons about food and drink. An appetizing browse. "

" Good book to pick up read an article, put down and pick it up again. All and all a good read. "

" Keeping to the high standards of The New Yorker Magazine, these essays and a smattering of food related cartoons for spice will have you smiling, chuckling, and guffawing. Wonderful collection. "

" A feast for the mind to be nibbled or devoured! "

" I had to return this to the library before I finished it, but I enjoyed most of the essays I read. I'll probably pick it up again sometime. "

" If you can get past the first few chapters written by annoying Francophiles, the rest of the compilation is a great read. The variety of writing is worth the time with some truly compelling works combined with some really creative ones. "

" I liked it for the reasons that I did and hated it for reasons similar. Food writing is stupid, but so is everything else. Woody Allen's piece is very funny. "

" Liked everything but the fiction. How does the New Yorker's fiction manage to infuriate me so much? "