Contributors to endless feasts include:
James Beard/Cooking with James Beard: Pasta
Ray Bradbury/Dandelion Wine
Robert P. Coffin/Night of Lobster
Laurie Colwin/A Harried Cook's Guide to Some Fast Food
Pat Conroy/The Romance of Umbria
Elizabeth David/Edouard de Pomiane
M.F.K. Fisher/Three Swiss Inns
Ruth Harkness/In a Tibetan Lamasery
Madhur Jaffrey/An Indian Reminiscence
Anita Loos/Cocktail Parties of the Twenties
George Plimpton/I, Bon Vivant, Who, Me?
E. Annie Proulx/The Garlic War
Claudia Roden/The Arabian Picnic
Jane and Michael Stern/Two for the Road: Havana, North Dakota
Paul Theroux/All Aboard Cross the Rockies in Style
About the AuthorRuth Reichl is the
New York Times bestselling author of five memoirs, two works of fiction (
The Paris Novel and
Delicious!), and the cookbook
My Kitchen Year. She was editor in chief of
Gourmet magazine and previously served as restaurant critic for
The New York Times, as well as food editor and restaurant critic for the
Los Angeles Times. She has been honored with six James Beard Awards.