Book Description
There are dozens of published guides to New York City, nearly all of them covering the same well-trodden territory of pricey restaurants, major hotels, and shopping at pick-your-pocket prices. Here's a tourist guide with a difference. New York insider and Village Voice columnist Robert Sietsema has assembled a topic-focused book: Secret Metrocard explains how to get the most bang for the buck from this new transit card. Explained are how to turn a free transfer into a free round trip and how to exploit the 18-minute secret grace period.
Secret American Indians divulges where to find a hidden Indian cave right on the island of Manhattan.
Secret Cheap Eats reveals where to get a delicious, multi-course meal for less than five dollars.
Also revealed are how to plug in to the Japanese underground, where to find the best bagel and egg cream, where to find the rock clubs that the hipsters frequent, and where to rent a bicycle to tour the city and where to ride it. Secret New York includes the inside information that natives use to get by in this challenging metropolis.
Customer Reviews:
A fun treatise on the finer things in life!.......2007-01-30
In his undying wit, Mayle shares with us some of his field research on the finer things in life. Although really geared toward the gentleman reader, it is enjoyable for women to read as well. You'll learn some interesting facts on caviar, truffles, cashmere, and cigars as well as pick up on the potential pitfalls of overindulgence and gluttony. A quick and enjoyable read for anyone who is curious about the life of luxury!
Not Mayle's best.......2005-10-17
Leaving his haunts in the South of France, Peter explores the tastes of the rich and famous. Custom shoes, shirts, suits, second homes, stretch limos and all. A good read but not his best!
Hedonism at high level.......2004-03-26
I used to think as a big disadvantage to live in a small and poor country as Chile. However, Mr. Mayle's book demonstrated me that living in a "third world country" has some advantages. First of all, if you can afford some of the pleasures described on this book, meaning you're lucky enough to be within the 5 or 3 per cent of chilean population, maybe you're not a tycoon, but al least you're quite wealthy. That takes us to the second point... few riches enjoying pleasures means everyone else want to be like you, have the things you have, admire you and that makes you exclusive. In Chile if you earn 1.000 US$ a month you're middle class... imagine what happens when you make that 5.000 or 10.000 US$!!! Third point is vernacular. You can buy vineyards for a decent price (in many cases you have acquired it by inheritance), have 5 or 6 servants for 1.200 US$ a month, buy a very nice vacation home for 150.000 US$ and have a drink on a limo for 100 US$ the whole day. Caviar, cigars and truffles have the same high price worldwide, althought they are scarce and difficult to find in every corner grocery shop.
i want to move to france!.......2003-08-21
all of peter mayles books are great - and this is no exception!
Fun, even if you can't afford to do the things described!.......2003-04-28
The first time I saw this book, I was at the local library and the title caught my eye. When I saw that Peter Mayle was the author, I expected that I would enjoy it. I was not disappointed.
Whether you are rich, know people who are, or just enjoy imagining what you'd do with great wealth, this book offers an array of amusing possibilities. Mr. Mayle's best attribute as a writer is his ability to be witty without sacrificing erudition, and this book delivers on both counts.
My favorite chapter, without question, is the one about buying a vacation home; first because I know a few people who own second homes, and second because it's probably the only thing mentioned in the book that I'll ever be able to afford. Mr. Mayle offers an intriguing suggestion of how to savor the pleasures of a second home without any of the potential pitfalls. I haven't yet decided if I'll buy a vacation house or choose the Mayle method, but in the meantime, this book has been a great gift for friends and relatives who have taken the plunge.
In short, the best reason to buy this book is that it's fun.
Book Description
San Francisco is two cities: The pretty tourist mecca of glossy travel brochures, and the layered, flawed, intoxicating city that San Franciscans actually live in. Secret San Francisco is for those travelers who want to go beyond the postcard photo-ops and tried and untrue tourist destinations to explore the vibrant neighborhoods, intimate hideaways, and out-there adventures that make San Francisco so much more than pretty. Explored is the city's extreme-and-proud-of-it wild side: "Secret Cop Bars," "Secret Vibrators 'n Stuff," "Secret Taiwanese Pearl Drinks," "Secret Not of This Earth," "Secret Swank," "Secret Revolution," and "Secret Sam Spade & Dashiell Hammett." Tourist traps? San Francisco has plenty. Armstrong levels with you about them, and tells you where to find the secret treasures buried in the tackiest of traps. Secret San Francisco also details restaurants: San Francisco's most elegant expense-account Valhallas; no-frills, ultra-cheap joints; and multicultural delights.
Customer Reviews:
Interesting Book.......2007-04-01
Lots of cool tips and suggestions that one wouldn't normally know about.
Unfortunately, its a bit dated it spots. For example a gallery I wanted to visit was closed now. The BART station at San Francisco Airport is now completed.
Overall a great book and a fun read too. I would recommend this if you dont want to just see all the tourist attractions.
Unique is the word all right........2007-03-23
Awesome! The secrets are totally what makes the book so delightful to read and also we plan on using it when we get to San Francisco. Unique and quite helpful sums it up totally. Thanks to the author's research in so many things. It is high on my all-time favorite travel books.
Lover's Walk.......2006-05-15
Romance yourself in San Francisco by taking a walk in a tale of two cities Bay Area style.
excellent book.......2006-01-15
This book surpassed my expectations. I love San Francisco, and one of my favorite things to do there is to walk around the city and enjoy all its quirky wonders. This book is a delightful guide to such places. It covers many old favorites, but it really does have a lot of secrets, too--places I had never heard of and am eager to check out. And not only does it contain great information, it's also very nicely written. The author clearly loves the City, and his voice throughout the book is authentic and enthusiastic, just as if a treasured friend were guiding one through this magical town. Lovely book.
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A Taste of Hollywood: The Story of Ma Maison
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Here for the first time is the story of the restaurant that became as much a legend as the people who ate, drank and enjoyed themselves there.
Customer Reviews:
A WORLD CLASS MARKETING IDEA.......2000-03-06
MY WIFE AND I WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE HAD THE UNLISTED RESERVATION NUMBER AND ENJOYED THE WONDERFUL FOOD AND AMBIANCE OF MA MAISON.
THE FACT THAT THE RESERVATION NUMBER WAS UNLISTED AND THE STARS WERE THE INVESTORS AND PATRONS MAKES THIS ONE OF THE GREATEST MARKETING STORIES EVER AS WELL AS AFFORDING THE READER AN INSIGHT INTO THE HOLLYWOOD OF THE TIME.
WILLIAM REITER, TELLURIDE COLORADO
A restaurateur's outlook.......1999-12-09
Ihave rarely read a story of a restaurant that enthralled me from the beginning to the end. It was sincere, happy and sad. I learned a great deal of lessons both in management and in cooking from the great recipes. I recommend this book to all persons who enjoy dining out,so they can better undertand what it takes to run a restaurant.
A Taste of Hollywood.......1999-12-09
It was fun seeing the restaurant scene in Hollywood in the 70 and 80, as well as seeing the wonderful picture asnd recipes. I enjoyed seeing where Wolfgang Puck and many other chefs got their start. An easy read and fun holiday gift.
A teerific look at Hollywood's famous eatery in the 70s and.......1999-11-02
Reading this book and looking at the photographs is like taking a trip back in time to the 1970s. Ma Maison was the greatest restuarant in the country then and all the rich and famous made it their hom awaqy from home. A fun and enjpoyable book. Thanks for sharing the experience.
Book Description
A rollicking wine country travelogue paired with the only comprehensive guide to Napa’s public tasting rooms
Hank Beal is a wine pro–the executive wine buyer at an upscale supermarket chain. Rick Kushman is an ordinary joe–a guy who enjoys wine but doesn’t know a lot about it. Together, Hank and Rick set out to visit all 141 public tasting rooms in Napa during the course of a year. The result is A Moveable Thirst–an engaging, often hilarious book that’s one part Sideways, one part Frommer’s. The first part recounts their uproarious adventures on the road as Rick learns to sniff and spit like a true oenophile (but never stops asking stupid questions). The second part offers the most complete and detailed guide ever published to Napa’s wine rooms. For wine lovers and the more than 5 million people who visit Napa every year, A Moveable Thirst is a great read and an indispensable guide.
Customer Reviews:
Great book!!!.......2007-08-31
This book is part travelogue and part travel guide. I bought several books to help prepare and plan for my Napa trip. I felt that this one was by far the most useful, informative and entertaining. As stated in the book, Napa has over 140 public tasting rooms. It's very difficult to say that they are "good" or "bad" because it all depends on your style and what type of experience you are looking for. There is something for everyone and this book helps to convey not only the tangible facts of each winery (i.e. address, directions, cost, hours of operation, etc..) but also successfully conveys the "feel" and personality of each so that you can match the wineries to what typoe of experience you are looking for. I think this book gave a very different perspective. Thanks Rick and Hank!
The only wine book you'll need!.......2007-06-20
By far, this is the one that will have a lasting shelf/glove compartment life. It is written in such a whimsical and witty style that you can't help but turn the pages for more. Pour yourself a glass and enjoy this celebration of wine, celebration and discovery!
The Perfect Guide to Napa.......2007-06-08
My wife and I used the book on our trip. It is a wonderful tool and is entertaining as well. You felt like you had insider info on winereis and the people who work there. I hope they do a book on Sonoma, Central California and Oregon
Dreaming of the Napa Valley? - This Book is Great!.......2007-04-25
A Moveable Thirst is a funny and very informative look at wine tasting in the Napa Wine Country. For those of you who love wine, Rick Kushman has the unique ability to make you feel like you are in the tasting room, walking around - meeting people and completely enjoying yourself.
This is a must read for veteran wine lovers as well as those who would like to learn to taste and appreciate great wine. Kushman and Beal are hilarious as they tour the famous through the obscure. I can't wait to follow some of their footprints.
Fun read, great information.......2007-04-19
For those of us who love to eat, to drink, to wander, I can't think of any better company than these two guys. The book is just plain fun to read and even funny but it also gives a real sense of what each winery's tasting room is like. Given that I'm the type that has actually walked in to a tasting room and done all kinds of things "wrong", I could really identify with Rick's fear and awkwardness. This was a much more enjoyable way to learn "how" without being bored to death. I'd travel with these guys anywhere!
Book Description
In this revised and updated edition of Food -- Silver Medal winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book -- the world is revealed through the medium of cuisine. Join such top writers as M. F. K. Fisher, P. J. O’Rourke, Colin Thubron, Ginu Kamani, Simon Loftus, and Gary Paul Nabhanon on culinary quests of all kinds: dine with locals in Casablanca on a determined pilgrimage for an authentic meal; encounter a mysterious prankster in a garden in the South of France; and go crabbing under the stars on a romantic night in the Caribbean. “Here are feasts for the hungry ... writing wrapped around our stomachs, our hearts, and our sense of place.” — Los Angeles Times
Customer Reviews:
Savor every morsel of this delicious book!.......2006-05-08
As a new, first-time parent, I expected that my poor, sleep-deprived brain wouldn't be fully capable of the sensory imagination that would make this book worthwhile.
But the first story transported me immediately with its introductory account of the narrator landing in southern Mexico: the opening of the plane door is "as if the stewardess had opened the door of a blast furnace fueled by jasmine, corn husks, bacon grease, and Clorox bottles." What a striking medley of aromas, and what a spot-on take on what it feels like to land in a strange place with your senses on full alert. Everyone who has fully experienced the excitement of travel can imagine the mindset of the narrator, the way that we become so stimulated by our new, strange surroundings, almost like being a child again.
That is essentially what gave this the potential to be a fantastic book. For it combines three aspects of the world that can make life more immediate and powerful: travel, with its capacity to turn us all into wide-eyed kids; food, with its tastes and smells and rituals that may comfort or stimulate us; and literature, the sheer joy of words, and the electric spark one feels when one reads great writing.
I say "potential" because it took great writing to turn the concept into a successful reality. At the risk of gushing, I literally felt a surge of happiness as I read this book, simply because of my aesthetic pleasure over how well almost every story was written. Not that my pleasure was unmixed with a bit of humility; travel brings out the literary genius in so many people, this book caused me to despair a bit over ever writing as well as so many others do. It was even interesting to read the little author profiles at the end of each section, and to see what types of nomadic, improvised lives many of these fine writers are leading.
I am a great fan of the Travelers' Tales series, but this just might be their best book yet (I have raved about a few other volumes on Amazon, but readers of my other reviews may want to consult the review dates to see which have been supplanted by this one.)
The selections are almost universally strong; most anthologies contain a few weak selections, but this one had very few, and even those were enjoyable enough. I would single out the following pieces as exceptional: "Apron Strings" (quoted above), "Breaking Bread," "Bananas," "India on an Empty Stomach," "The Monsoon Cocktail," and "Momos at Tashi's."
"Bananas" is a story of the kindness of strangers, but I loved it mainly because it conveys how the tropics can make a Coca-Cola more refreshing than you ever thought possible. I related to "Momos" because of the way the author separated herself from group festivities while abroad, leaving herself available for a more meaningful, individual connection. "The Monsoon Cocktail" made me want to book a seat on the train that it describes, but I loved it most for the way it conveys how a fulfilling trip can linger in comforting memory; the author, caught in a monsoon during a SE Asia train trip, forever after associates the beating of raindrops with that cherished memory. And this happens to all travelers, I suspect; these associations become as powerful and comforting for us as those that connect us to early childhood.
I could easily have written a much longer list of favorite selections. I indulge a silly quirk as I read the Travelers' Tales books; after each group of five stories, I rank them in my journal, and at the end of the entire volume, I then try to pick out the 5-10 that I like the most for future reference. Boy was that tough in this instance, as there were easily a dozen stories that I hope to read repeatedly.
My advice to readers; don't swallow this one down too fast. Read it slowly, repeat the good parts, and milk the experience for all it's worth. Savor!
Food: A Taste of the Road.......2003-10-31
One of the fears of the personal essayist is the possibility of having the readers mutter, "Who cares about your opinions or travels."
Richard Sterling, editor of Food: A Taste Of The Road was certainly ambitious when he put together no less than 49 short essays concerning the inter-relation of food and travel.
Sterling in his choice of essays endeavours to avoid this pitfall and to a great extent succeeds.
Food is often the common denominator that promotes contact between peoples and cultures.
As mentioned in the preface, "the collection furthers the proposition that humanity is revealed through cuisine just as surely as it is through any other art or social activity."
Within the opening pages of this delightful anthology of essays, you immediately discover a world globe with numbers from 1 to 49 scattered in all directions.
These numbers are linked to corresponding essays and names of localities that are listed at the bottom of the page.
With this guideline we are able to pick and choose where we want to go and as we are reminded,
Napoleon said of the army, "we travel on our stomachs."
Perhaps you are interested in breaking bread in Egypt? If so, you may want to read Mark Gruber's story when he traveled to Egypt in a Land Rover from one dessert monastery to another. After his Land Rover broke down, he found himself as a guest of a Bedouin family who could not stop feeding him.
How about travelling to Florence with Tanya Monia and sitting at a table with a transsexual?
Do you like to eat salmon heads? Join Sandy Polishuk as she travels with a group of people, whom she describes as standing out from the others "like the cast of a drag show at a Rotary Club luncheon." She even elaborately describes the enjoyment of sucking the eyes of the salmon!
No wonder her eccentric culinary desires were the butt of many jokes.
Rajendra S. Khadka recounts how the caste system in Nepal dictates how food is to be eaten among the servants and guests.
On a more sombre note, P.J. O'Rourke gives us a glimpse of the tragedy of Somalia where famine reigns and where guns seemed to have replaced food.
As the editor states, "you will not put this book down and think of food, or travel, or travel literature, in quite the same way again. And you will say, yes, of course. It was there all the time, in all of my journeys, I simply never acknowledged it."
This review first appeared on the reviewers' own site
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Great for Traveling Eaters.......2002-04-21
A lot of fun to read; a couple dozen short stories about eating around the world. Nothing too serious or thought-provoking, but a nice book to relax with. It will make you want to take a vacation, though!
Book Description
As cities with rich pasts and unique presents, Providence and Newport have much to offer even the most casual of visitors. Beneath their much-glimpsed surfaces lie sights and sounds sure to enchant both tourists and residents. This nontraditional travel guide explores the historic streets and tucked-away nooks of both cities. Visit H. P. Lovecraft's tomb and Edgar Allan Poe's favorite garden, search ordinary buildings for extraordinary art, see the servants' side of life during the Gilded Age, and find green parrots where they would be least expected. Whether the goal is fine dining (want Chinese?-pick a province) or the most obscure sites (a back gate with a stone seat on top), this guide is sure to satisfy.
Customer Reviews:
Fabulous!.......2006-06-14
This is a smashing little book! I picked it up, looking for a few little interesting tidbits to help me plan a surprise weekend away to celebrate our anniversary. The authors are clever, witty and know all the best little secrets. If you're looking for a great way to find those little known hideaway moments, this is it!
Product Description
For years, British journalist Cash Peters trekked around Europe and America visiting some of the tackiest attractions in the world for his hugely popular public radio series, The Bad Taste Tours. But a guy can only take so much. Now, as Peters prepares to leave his travel-reporting days behind forever, he takes us along on some of the more ridiculous journeys and adventures of his career. Good-bye, Kansas Barbed Wire Museum; au revoir, Paris sewer system tour; auf wiedersehen, Sound of Music locations tour. Join Peters on this outrageous behind-the-scenes look at the frustrations of a travel reporter on the road. Marvel at his ongoing battle with PR people and at his fights with men dressed in foam costumes, and gloat because you don't have to visit the Museum of Bad Art, the Precious Moments Theme Park, or the Museum of Dirt--and he does.
Customer Reviews:
Manic, Zany and TONS of Fun!.......2006-05-20
In usual Cash Peters style, this book is just what the title of this review says it is: Manic, Zany and TONS of Fun! Cash documents and comments on his journeys and experiences as a travel writer. Hilarious comments and insights by Cash. If you like him on the Travel Channel, you'll LOVE this book. A great laugh and a must read!
Very Quirky Brit........2006-03-09
This is a genius of book. Picture his TV Show on Travel Channel with some bite. He goes over many things as he travel the byways of not just travel, But lifes quirks. In all his travel semgments he goes over the eleations, and the pitfalls. Like the hearfelt moment about his guide in Memphis, or the rude treatment he got in a B&B in Boston. The book will help, or hinder your appreciation of tourist traps. For a nice laugh at, or with Cash Peters --- buy the book!
Wickedly Hilarious.......2005-12-16
I discovered Cash Peters' Travel Channel show over the summer (where he's dropped off in some strange land--he has no idea where--with no money whatsoever and has to convince locals to feed and shelter him for a day) and was given this book over the weekend as an early birthday present. I am glad to report that Gullible's Travels is even wittier and more fun than his TV show! Peters visits and writes about a number of cities and tourist traps, as well as some of the oddest, most tasteless and inane destinations imaginable. Not only are the locations themselves simply brilliant, but Cash Peters' running commentary on these places would crack up a 1692 Salem Puritan. Sure you can learn a thing or two and maybe get an idea about where to go when you make your own vacation plans, but the real attraction here is Peters' himself and his goofy way of perceving everything. I suppose one could ask for a more serious guide thru these "bad taste" sites but it'd be hard to come up with one who was more bizarre. Peters is a likable bloke and while I'm not sure I'd let him crash in my house should his Travel Channel producers ever drop him off to film an episode in Mason, Ohio, I'd love to hear his comments about my home town. I can only imagine the things he'd say...
LOL.......2005-10-17
In a nutshell: I don't have to buy books because I live in Salt Lake City, which has, arguably, the greatest public library in the country if not the world. So I got "Gullible's Travels" (I think I saw an ad in The New Yorker) and, it's a good thing I have a great library because I can't afford to buy books anyway, but guess what, I'm going to buy this one. Several copies of this one, for gifts. Not even Xmas gifts, just gifts for people who need a good laugh and appreciate real wit. It's that good. I hope a lot of people buy "Gullible's" and I hope Cash Peters laughs all the way to the bank.
Constantly, consistently hilarious.......2005-04-12
I had never heard of Cash Peters before having read a rave review of "Gullible's Travels: The Adventures of a Bad Taste Tourist," but after having bought it, read it, read funny bits aloud to anyone nearby who would listen, and having read it yet a second time, I now count myself among his most ardent fans.
Peters' book is all about his last fling as a "bad taste tourist" being paid (not enough, he assures us) to visit tourist oddities all over the world. Among these are the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast; museums devoted variously to dirt, barbed wire, and feet; a hotel which makes a tremendous show of its resident ducks getting into and out of water; a tour of Parisian sewers; a funeral home miniature golf course; and, of course, Graceland. Peters is unfailingly sarcastic, which makes for terrific reading since his hosts are generally unfailingly sincere and enthusiastic about their chosen oddity.
One of the chapters is entitled "The Old Woman with an Armchair Glued to Her Ass." The subtitles on this chapter alone include: "Mr. Moussef asks for a fork - Joseph, Mary, and the teddy-bear Jesus - a touch of unpleasantness in a Boston library - a sticky breakfast confrontation." So you can imagine what the rest of the text is like . . . well, heck, here are just a very few highlights:
"In 1773, the British Parliament passed a wicked piece of legislation called The Tea Act, imposing a tax on all tea imported into the Colonies. The locals were in an uproar. 'Ye infernal bounders! Forsooth, 'tis intolerable what ye do'; or however they spoke back then."
"Boston Common is the oldest park in America. In fact, I think it may even date as far back as Historical Times."
"Nobody in Salem [Massachusetts] is able to mention the witch trials, not even in passing, without also telling you the date of them--1692. It's fun to begin with, and then you wish they'd stop."
On slogans for cities: "Salem's is 'The Bewitching Seaport,' which isn't bad. There's also Minneapolis: 'The Coolest Place on Earth' (though, having been there, I realize that this is more of a stern warning than a slogan); Albuquerque: 'It's a Trip!' and of course Boston's slogan: 'How DARE you Come Here!' "
A sample conversation with a drama student dressed in historically accurate clothes:
ME: Excuse me, which way to the bathroom?
STUDENT: Insolent coxswain! Begone, knave, lest I begroddle thy swank with my jerkin.
The footnotes alone are a scream, so you can imagine what the actual text is like. HIGHLY recommended for anyone who loves to travel and enjoys a good (read: bad) travel story.
Book Description
Pompano tamales. Shrimp enchiladas. Candied sweet papaya. These are some of the foods whose recipes reside in the pages of Nancy and Jeffrey Gerlach's Foods of the Maya. The authors have spent years traveling throughout Mexico, familiarizing themselves with the cultures and cuisines of the people they have encountered. They created this cookbook to bring the flavors of the Yucatán to tables north of the border.
In an easy-to-follow format, Foods of the Maya provides handy background and travel information about the region and some of its ruins before dipping into the ninety-one recipes included here, organized according to meal course. There are recipes that will suit most everyone's palate, from sauces and salsas to soups and sausages; from vegetarian and meat appetizers and main dishes to simple drinks and desserts. Each section begins with a brief description of the course and the types of food involved. The recipes are clear and easy to understand—one need not be a trained chef with a vast kitchen to create a tasty Yucatecan meal.
Foods of the Maya incorporates an array of cooking tips and techniques and a brief glossary of terms to help in food preparation—the authors have ensured that ingredients for their recipes are readily available at local food stores. This edition also includes an introduction by historian Jeffrey Pilcher which helps familiarize readers with the history and cultures of the Yucatán peninsula. So the next time you get a hankering for something different, you might consider cooking up a platter of Yucatán ribs or preparing a bowl of chayote pudding. Take a short trip to the Yucatán—without leaving your kitchen.Nancy and Jeffrey Gerlach live in Albuquerque. Jeffrey Pilcher teaches history at The Citadel.
A trip to the Yucatán in your own kitchen.
Customer Reviews:
A highly recommended sampler of Yucatan cuisine.......2002-08-10
Foods Of The Maya is a highly recommended sampler of Yucatan cuisine that will intrigue any who enjoy regional cookbooks. Foods Of The Maya focuses on local versions of Mayan cooking, from Garlic Pork with Rice and Black Beans to an orange juice/allspice seasoned Motul Chicken. No photos, but the recipes don't need them.
Book Description
Café culture has long played an integral role in San Francisco's history and cosmopolitan lifestyle. This delightful guidebook leads travelers and residents alike on a deliciously caffeinated tour of over 340 cafés in the city and East Bay. Each listing includes an address, phone number, and short write-up, giving readers a taste of each spot's unique ambience. Nearly all entries are pictured in full-color photos that capture the feel and atmosphere of a café. Some entries come with a story - the Caffe Proust, for example, is paired with an account of Marcel Proust's café experiences. There are also recipes, menus, vignettes, and profiles of local artists, café owners, and, of course, coffee-lovers, including Francis Ford Coppola, comedian Will Durst, and former mayor Willie Brown. Organized by neighborhood, the book offers a lovely walking tour of San Francisco's unique charms.
Customer Reviews:
San Francisco coffee scenes.......2004-05-27
What a great, interesting book! I came across this guide at the counter of a local cafe that is actually featured in the book. The book organizes coffee houses and cafes according to neighborhoods of San Francisco. In each of the neighborhoods are featured cafes, their stories, menus, and even some of the recipes. I know some great cafes must have been missed and omitted since coffee houses in San Francisco come and go and there are a plethora of them (not counting Starbucks, of course) that accentuate neighborhood identity. It would be a strenuous project to keep up-to-date of all the newcomers in the industry (so I'll expect, maybe, a yearly edition?). A great headstart and a perfect coffee-table book for barista connoisseur and just the daily dosers!
Where has this book been all my life?.......2003-09-23
Well, damn. I mean, I LIVE here, and why haven't I seen this book before? There are unique cafes everywhere in San Francisco's cosmopolitan Bay Area, and what can be more cosmopolitan than discovering a new one, sitting at streetside between the fog rolling out and rolling back in, sipping a latte, and indulging in a little People Watching? I love it. There are more than 300 wonderful color photos, a directory to the more than 340 cafes profiles, lots of vignettes, tidbits, gossip items, and even some recipes.
What's not to love?
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The Best Things to Do in New York City: 1001 Ideas
The Historic Shops and Restaurants of New York: A Guide to Century-Old Establishments in the City (Historic Shops & Restaurants Series)
Subwayland: Adventures in the World Beneath New York
