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Love is my favorite flavor : a Midwestern dining critic tells all /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moranville, Winifred (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2024]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Restaurants > United States > History.
Dinners and dining > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. I Was the Des Moines Register's Restaurant Reviewer. Somebody Had to Be.
  • 2. Lessons from a Long-Gone Cafeteria
  • 3. Just Down the Road, There's a Place Like...
  • 4. A Plum Gig
  • 5. Dining at the Coolest Restaurant in Town, 1997
  • 6. Working at the Coolest Restaurant in Town, 1977
  • 7. Reflections on Service in an Imperfect World
  • 8. Rarebit Burgers and Sticky Buns
  • 9. When You Could Always Go...Downtown
  • 10. The Perils of Reviewing Restaurants in a Midsized Midwestern City
  • 11. On Nastygrams
  • 12. Au Jus Rhymes With...
  • 13. Salad Days in New York City
  • 14. My France Problem
  • 15. Confessions of a Reluctant Wine Writer
  • 16. It All Sprang from the Good Earth
  • 17. Reader, I Did It All for You
  • 18. Cheap Wine in the Open Air
  • Epilogue: The Greatest Meals in the World
  • Acknowledgments