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Title: The Tummy Trilogy: American Fried/Alice, Let's Eat/Third Helpings by Calvin Trillin, Calivin Trillin ISBN: 0374524173 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: September, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83
Rating: 5
Summary: Saluting America with coleslaw
Comment: What qualifies the author to write this book is concisely summarized in a quote from his daughter: "Daddy likes to pig out." In the grand history of American gluttony (dating back to the first Thanksgiving dinner, I suppose), no one has ever pigged out with more demonstrable relish and native lack of hauteur than Calvin Trillin. His ode to the glories of Arthur Bryant's Barbecue - The Single Best Restaurant In The World - is a dithyramb worthy of Whitman. He is, in short, a true patriot - albeit one whose vision of multiculturalism is expressed in Italian fried-pepper sandwiches and Polish pierogies. There are lots of laughs in this volume but I value it more for its whole-hearted embrace of our authentic appetites. In a time of spiralling culinary pretention (whose standard bearer is Charlie Trotter and his dishes with paragraph-long names), "The Tummy Trilogy" is a palate-cleansing dish of sanity.
Rating: 5
Summary: A gourMAND as well as a gourmet
Comment: Trillin talks about food cleverly and with great humor, but not snobbily. I learned all about barbecue in Kansas City, oyster po'boys, Chinese food in NYC, and a ton of other delicious things. Three of the best food books of all time! But also excellent reading for someone who just enjoys well-written and funny stories.
Rating: 5
Summary: Warning: Stock the fridge before you read these books
Comment: The books in Calvin Trillin's Tummy Trilogy instilled in me forever a love of reading books aloud and an insatiable penchant for "American cuisine." I grew up reading them to my mother, a caterer, as she was busy in the kitchen. Aside from being absolutely hilarious, his descriptions of different dishes - from the humble french fry to more exotic regional dishes - would make our mouths water. Those descriptions and stories have never left me, and I've made a point of trying to visit some of the places he described in his books, including what I'd have to call a pilgrimage to the legendary Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City. Books to be savoured over and over again, preferably with an Italian sausage sandwich in hand.
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Title: Travels With Alice by Calvin Trillin ISBN: 0374526001 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (Pap) Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Too Soon to Tell by Calvin Trillin ISBN: 0446672300 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Tepper Isn't Going Out by Calvin Trillin, Calivin Trillin ISBN: 0375506764 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 26 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties from Kansas City to Cuzco by Calvin Trillin ISBN: 0375508082 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Messages from My Father by Calvin Trillin, Calivin Trillin ISBN: 0374525080 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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