Poor Man's Feast: A Love Story Of Comfort, Desire, And The Art Of Simple Cooking

Description

In this engaging memoir, Elissa Altman, author of the popular Poor Man's Feast blog, chronicles her lifelong relationship with all things culinary, and the transformation she experiences -- from culinary trend-aholic to a champion of simplicity -- when she finally finds love. Short chapters sprinkled with recipes show that living and eating well are much simpler than we might think.

Author description

Elissa Altman is an award-winning food writer, a contributor to Saveur and Huffington Post, a restaurant critic and founder of the critically-acclaimed blog Poor Man's Feast, which champions parsimonious dining and chronicles the cultural love-hate relationship that we have with it. She attended the Institute for Culinary Education in New York City, worked as both a personal chef and caterer, and was the publications manager at the original Dean & Deluca. Altman is also the author of Big Food (Rodale, 2005), and spent twelve years in senior editorial positions at HarperCollins and Clarkson Potter, among other houses.