Description: In Raising Steaks, Betty Fussell saddles up for a spirited ride across America on the trail of our most iconic food in a celebration of, and an elegy for, a uniquely American Dream.
Brief description:
BETTY FUSSELL is the author of ten previous books, including The Story of Corn and My Kitchen Wars. A contributor to the New York Times, the New Yorker, Saveur, Food & Wine, Gastronomica, and other publications, she has also lectured widely on food history. Western born, she lives in New York City.
Review Quotes:
PRAISE FOR THE STORY OF CORN "Fussell . . . is totally and passionately in love with corn, and she treats it the way Cecil B. DeMille treated a Bible story--with zest and romance and hordes of gorgeously costumed extras."--The New York Times Book Review "Fussell . . . can get away with phrases like 'the sexiness of corn' . . . The way she writes about it, is is--hypnotic, alluring, sustaining, and not a little bit mysterious."--Los Angeles Times