Anything That Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781594632877)

The popular New Yorker writer combines the style of Mary Roach with the on-the-ground food savvy of Anthony Bourdain.

Dana Goodyear's narrative debut is a highly entertaining, revelatory look into the raucous, strange, fascinatingly complex world of contemporary American food culture. At once an uproarious behind-the-scenes adventure and a serious attempt to understand the implications of an emergent new cuisine, it introduces a cast of compelling and unexpected characters--from Los Angeles Times critic Jonathan Gold, to a high-end Las Vegas purveyor of rare and exotic ingredients, to the traffickers and promoters of raw milk and other forbidden products, to the hottest chefs who rely on them--all of whom, along with today's diners, are changing the face of American eating.

Ultimately, Goodyear looks at what we eat, and tells us who we are. As she places all of this within a vivid historical and cultural framework, she shows how these gathering culinary trends may eventually shape the way all Americans dine. What emerges is a picture of America at a moment of transition, designing the future as it reimagines the past.

Author: Dana Goodyear
ISBN-10: 1594632871
ISBN-13: 9781594632877
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2014
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.51w x 0.73d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2014 pg. 56