The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution

The wickedly entertaining, hunger-inducing, behind-the-scenes story of the revolution in American food that has made exotic ingredients, celebrity chefs, rarefied cooking tools, and destination restaurants familiar aspects of our everyday lives.

Amazingly enough, just twenty years ago eating sushi was a daring novelty and many Americans had never even heard of salsa. Today, we don't bat an eye at a construction worker dipping a croissant into robust specialty coffee, city dwellers buying just-picked farmstand produce, or suburbanites stocking up on artisanal cheeses and extra virgin oils at supermarkets. The United States of Arugula is a rollicking, revealing stew of culinary innovation, food politics, and kitchen confidences chronicling how gourmet eating in America went from obscure to pervasive--and became the cultural success story of our era.

Author: David Kamp
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 07/17/2007
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.36w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9780767915809

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/12/2007 pg. 24

About the Author
David Kamp has been a writer and editor for Vanity Fair and GQ for more than a decade. He lives in New York.