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Armchair Travel August 2020
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Dirt: Adventures in Lyon, as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the... by Bill Buford What it's about: New Yorker writer Bill Buford worked in the kitchen at DC's famed Citronelle restaurant to learn about French cooking before moving to Lyon in 2008 with his wife and three-year-old twins, where they lived for almost five years.
Who it's for: those who appreciate haute cuisine, stories of families abroad, or vibrant travelogues with amiable guides.
About the author: Buford also wrote about living and cooking in Italy in 2006's Heat. | |
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Lonely Planet Canada's Best Trips : 32 Amazing Road Trips
by Lonely Planet Publications
What it is: Whether exploring your own backyard or somewhere new, discover the freedom of the open road with 'Lonely Planet Canada's Best Trips'. Featuring amazing road trips, plus up-to-date advice on the destinations you'll visit along the way.
Where you'll go: You can tour the Sea to Sky Highway, the country's stunning coastline and the Cabot Trail - all with your trusted travel companion. Jump in the car, turn up the tunes, and hit the road!
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Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime by Maggie Downs What happened: With her mother suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease, newly married newspaper journalist Maggie Downs quit her job to travel -- her mother had always put trips off. Traveling cheaply and mostly alone, Downs visited 17 countries in a year.
Activities included: rafting down the Nile, volunteering at a primate sanctuary in Bolivia, hiking Machu Picchu.
Want a taste? "The decision to live while my mother dies has brought me to the dirty floor of an airport, muddy hiking boots and suitcase wheels near my face." | |
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Railway Nation : Tales of the World’s Greatest Travel System
by David Laurence Jones
Your travel guide: Canadian Pacific. Most commonly associated with its iconic railway, at its height CP also ran hotels, steamships, and an airline, and had myriad involvements in immigration, irrigation, resource development, war contributions, and international trade.
What you'll learn on the trip: It has been said that no other single corporation has shaped Canadian national identity as much as CP. From the construction of the ground-breaking Spiral Tunnels on what was previously the most dangerous and accident-prone stretch of railway track in the Rockies, to the CPR-manufactured Valentine tanks that helped the Soviet Union fight off the Nazis in World War II, to the long and frustrating struggle of CP stewardesses fighting against sexist employment policies, this lively and nuanced portrait of an iconic company is illustrated with fascinating archival photography.
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All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir by Mary Morris What's inside: compelling, short chapters that move back and forth between time and place describing the acclaimed author's 1950s Chicago-area childhood, her catastrophic 2008 ankle injury, and a 2011 solo tiger-spotting trip to India during the middle of a cold snap.
Read it for: candid writing, interesting factoids, an evocative look at India, and a thoughtful examination of life and travel.
Did you know? Unseen tigers are always referred to as "she." | | Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels through Spain's Food Culture by Matt Goulding What it is: an evocative celebration of the culture and cuisine of every region of Spain by an American foodie who lives there.
What inside: personal stories, including the author meeting and dating his Spanish wife; short bios of fascinating Spanish people; tips on what to eat and drink (hint: forget Sangria); mouth-watering descriptions of tapas, acorn-fed pig, paella, and more.
Still hungry? Goulding, a co-founder of Roads & Kingdoms, gives a similar though less intimate treatment to Japan in Rice, Noodle, Fish. | |
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Feasting Wild : In Search of the Last Untamed Food
by Gina Rae La Cerva
Traveling with: Geographer and anthropologist Gina Rae La Cerva, as she embarks on a global culinary adventure to trace our relationship to wild foods.
What you'll learn on the trip: Throughout her travels, La Cerva reflects on how colonialism and the extinction crisis have impacted wild spaces, and reveals what we sacrifice when we domesticate our foods —including biodiversity, Indigenous and women’s knowledge, a vital connection to nature, and delicious flavors.
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From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke What it is: A poignant, heartfelt memoir by actress Tembi Locke, who fell in love with Saro, an Italian professional chef. Saro's Sicilian family wasn't sure about him marrying a Black American, but as he battled and then succumbed to cancer, Tembi grew closer to them and spent summers in Sicily with the couple's adopted daughter.
Media buzz: a Netflix series produced by Reese Witherspoon and Zoe Saldana, who'll also star, is planned. Also working on the production are Tembi and her sister, bestselling writer Attica Locke. | | The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest for the Perfect Dish to Mend a Broken Heart by Emily Nunn What it's about: Grappling with the aftermath of her brother's suicide and the end of her engagement, grief-stricken food writer Emily Nunn embarked on a cross-country road trip visiting friends and family and indulging in favorite comfort foods.
Why you might like it: It's a compelling, unflinching story beautifully told with insight and humor.
Recipes include: Country Ham Biscuits; Lemon Sponge Cups; Cream Cheese and Olive Sandwiches; Collard Soup. | |
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Apron Strings : Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy, and China
by Jan Wong
Your travel companions: Jan Wong, who knows food is better when shared,and her 22-year-old son, Sam, who dreamed of becoming a chef.
What happens: Jan and Sam live and cook with locals, seeing first-hand how globalization is changing food, families, and cultures. Along the way, mother and son explore their sometimes-fraught relationship, uniting — and occasionally clashing — over their mutual love of cooking.
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