Serious Pig: an American Cook in Search of His Roots 1st edition

In this collection of essays, John Thorne sets our to explore the origins of his identity as a cook, going ?here? (the Maine coast, where he?d summered as a child and returned as an adult for a decade?s sojourn), ?there? (southern Louisiana, where he was captivated by Creole and Cajun cooking), and ?everywhere? (where he provides a sympathetic reading of such national culinary icons as the hamburger, white bread, and American cheese, and sits down to a big bowl of Texas red). These intelligent, searching essays are a passionate meditation on food, character, and place.