Dish: Memories, Recipes and Delicious Bites

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Marion Kane food sleuth®, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 304 pages

She interviewed and became pals with former Mafia cook Joe "Dogs" Iannuzzi while he was in the witness protection plan. She shared an intimate meal with screen legend Sophia Loren at a small restaurant in Toronto's Little Italy. She visited the late Julia Child at her Victorian home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the queen of cuisine cooked up a breakfast featuring her famous scrambled eggs.

And now, in Dish, intrepid Canadian food writer Marion Kane has compiled favourite columns about these and other culinary adventures and paired them with her best recipes. Read about Marion's search for Derbyshire's original Bakewell Tart, then follow her perfect version of this controversial sweet. Or dip into her story about Keith Richards and his penchant for Shepherd's Pie, a dish for which she shares a brilliant recipe.

 

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Contents

CHAPTER ONE Personal Best
1
A Cup of Joe
8
Eccles Takes the Cake
14
Girls Just Wanna Have Food
21
Fridge Artifacts
29
Confections of a British Schoolgirl
35
Mothers Day
45
Goodbye My Dear Friend
52
CHAPTER FOUR Star Grazing
132
Are You Hungry Tonight?
139
By Cook or By Crook
147
My Lunch with La Loren
155
Best Baked Beans Known to Woman
162
Fashion Plate
169
Liver Come Back to Me
175
Get Potlucky
185

Eating with Mrs Latte
62
The Inimitable Mr Trillin
69
Prize Fries
76
A Toast to Toast
83
An American in Paris
90
CHAPTER THREE
97
Not the Same Old Grind
103
Windows on the Post 911 World
111
Sanctuary
120
The Staff of Life
126
Puddin n Souse
194
Creating a StirFry
201
CHAPTER SIX Hail to the Chef
207
The Art Behind Oprah
223
The Waldorfs Salad Days
238
BamBoozled
253
The Mother of Queen Street
268
Marions Basics
281
LIST OF RECIPES
296
Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Marion Kane is a leader in the world of food writing, both in Canada and abroad. Her work combines humour, social commentary and a passion for cooking that makes it a toothsome pleasure. She has been at the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, for 16 years -- as food editor for 11 and now as a food columnist. Before that, she was food editor at the Toronto Sun for six years.

Bibliographic information

TitleDish: Memories, Recipes and Delicious Bites
AuthorMarion Kane
Editionillustrated
PublisherMarion Kane food sleuth®, 2005
ISBN1552856461, 9781552856468
Length304 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
Cooking / Essays & Narratives
Cooking / General
Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / Canadian
Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / General
  
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