{"product_id":"my-usual-table-a-life-in-restaurants-9780062136480","title":"My Usual Table: A Life in Restaurants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Usual Table\u003c\/em\u003e is a love letter to the great restaurants that have changed the way we eat-- from Trader Vic's to Chez Panisse and Spago to elBulli--and a vivid memoir of a life lived in food, from a founding editor of \u003cem\u003eSaveur\u003c\/em\u003e and James Beard Award winning writer Colman Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor reviewer, writer, and editor Colman Andrews, restaurants have been his playground, his theater, his university, his church, his refuge. The establishments he has loved have not only influenced culinary trends at home and abroad, but represent the changing history and culture of food in America and Western Europe. From his usual table, he has watched the growth of Nouvelle Cuisine and fusion cuisine; the organic and locavore movements; nose-to-tail eating; and so-called \"molecular gastronomy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMy Usual Table\u003c\/em\u003e, Andrews interweaves his own story--from growing up in the sunset years of Hollywood's golden age to traveling the world in pursuit of great food--with tales of the restaurants, chefs, and restaurateurs who are emblematic of the revolutions great and small that have forever changed the way we eat, cook, and think about food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colman Andrews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062136480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrews, Colman:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColman Andrews was a cofounder of \u003cem\u003eSaveur\u003c\/em\u003e, and its editor-in-chief from 2002 to 2006, and later became the restaurant columnist for \u003cem\u003eGourmet\u003c\/em\u003e. A native of Los Angeles with degrees in history and philosophy from UCLA, he was a restaurant reviewer and restaurant news columnist for the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e. The recipient of eight James Beard Awards, Andrews is the coauthor and coeditor of three \u003cem\u003eSaveur\u003c\/em\u003e cookbooks and seven of his own books on food. Andrews is the editorial director of The Daily Meal, a food and wine mega-site (www.thedailymeal.com) that logs approximately ten million monthly unique visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40679841136755,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":22.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fc2beec7-5064-4ea2-92a7-f9ae09d1c664.jpg?v=1674661398","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/my-usual-table-a-life-in-restaurants-9780062136480","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}