Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky (1968, A Chosen Few, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue, Choice Cuts, Nonviolence, The Big Oyster, The last fish tale, Birdseye, The Belly of Paris, Frozen in Time)

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including The Food of a Younger Land; Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World; Salt: A World History; 1968: The Year That Rocked the World; and The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. He lives in New York City. (afegit de Random House)… (més)

Mark Kurlansky signa The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris.

The intriguing, inspiring history of one small, impoverished area in the Dominican Republic that has produced a staggering number of Major League Baseball talent, from an award-winning, bestselling author. In the town of San Pedro in the Dominican Republic, baseball is not just a way of life. It's the way of life. By the year 2008, seventy-nine boys and men from San Pedro have gone on to play in the Major Leagues-that means one in six Dominican Republicans who have played in the Majors have come from one tiny, impoverished region. Manny Alexander, Sammy Sosa, Tony Fernandez, and legions of other San Pedro players who came up in the sugar mill teams flocked to the United States, looking for opportunity, wealth, and a better life. Because of the sugar industry, and the influxes of migrant workers from across the Caribbean to work in the cane fields and factories, San Pedro is one of the most ethnically diverse areas of the Dominican Republic. A multitude of languages are spoken there, and a variety of skin colors populate the community; but the one constant is sugar and baseball. The history of players from San Pedro is also a chronicle of racism in baseball, changing social mores in sports and in the Dominican Republic, and the personal stories of the many men who sought freedom from poverty through playing ball. The story of baseball in San Pedro is also that of the Caribbean in the twentieth and twenty – first centuries and on a broader level opens a window into our country's history. As with Kurlansky's Cod and Salt , this small story, rich with anecdote and detail, becomes much larger than ever imagined. Kurlansky reveals two countries' love affair with a sport and the remarkable journey of San Pedro and its baseball players. In his distinctive style, he follows common threads and discovers wider meanings about place, identity, and, above all, baseball. If you cannot attend the reading, but would like a signed copy of The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris, you may reserve it at http://www.acappellabooks.com/ev_kurlansky.asp. (jasbro)… (més)

Mark Kurlansky debat The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food.

**TIME TBD** New York Times bestselling author and James A. Beard Award winner of many books including COD, SALT, THE BIG OYSTER, and THE LAST FISH TALE, takes us back to the food and eating habits of America before national highways brought the country closer together; before chain restaurants encouraged uniformity and low quality; and before refrigeration meant that we had frozen food in mass quantities. At that time, the nation’s food was seasonal, regional, and traditional and helped form the distinct character, attitudes, and customs of the country and its people. This book gives us a poignant look at our country’s roots, retells wonderful food stories, gives us authentic recipes, anecdotes, photos, and evokes this bygone era when Americans had never heard of fast food and the grocery superstore was a thing of the future. (jasbro)… (més)

Mark Kurlansky , The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal.

Mark Kurlansky is a New York Times bestselling and James A. Beard Award-winning author of a number of books, including Salt and Cod. He is the recipient of a Bon Appétit American Food and Entertaining Award for Food Writer of the Year, and the Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award for Food Book of the year, as well as a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
Now Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America. Before the national highway system brought the country closer together; before chain restaurants imposed uniformity and low quality; and before the Frigidaire meant frozen food in mass quantities, the nation’s food was seasonal, regional, and traditional. It helped form the distinct character, attitudes, and customs of those who ate it.
In the 1930s, with the country gripped by the Great Depression and millions of Americans struggling to get by, FDR created the Federal Writers’ Project under the New Deal as a make-work program for artists and authors. A number of writers, including Zora Neale Hurston, Eudora Welty, and Nelson Algren, were dispatched all across America to chronicle the eating habits, traditions, and struggles of local people. The project, called “America Eats,” was abandoned in the early 1940s because of the World War and never completed.
The Food of a Younger Land unearths this forgotten literary and historical treasure and brings it to exuberant life. Mark Kurlansky’s brilliant book captures these remarkable stories, and combined with authentic recipes, anecdotes, photos, and his own musings and analysis, evokes a bygone era when Americans had never heard of fast food and the grocery superstore was a thing of the future. Kurlansky serves as a guide to this hearty and poignant look at the country’s roots.
From New York automats to Georgia Coca-Cola parties, from Arkansas possum-eating clubs to Puget Sound salmon feasts, from Choctaw funerals to South Carolina barbecues, the WPA writers found Americans in their regional niches and eating an enormous diversity of meals. From Mississippi chittlins to Indiana persimmon puddings, Maine lobsters, and Montana beavertails, they recorded the curiosities, commonalities, and communities of American food. (booksense)… (més)

Mark Kurlansky debat The Food of a Younger Land: The WPA's Portrait of Food in Pre-World War Ii America.

From the store site: From the award-winning, bestselling king of the microhistory – the man behind Cod, Salt, and The Big Oyster – comes a new work about the regional eating habits of Depression-era America. The WPA-sponsored Federal Writers’ Project sent luminaries including Nelson Algren, Zora Neal Hurston and Eudora Welty to document our country’s gastronomic traditions and struggles. Kurlansky brings these forgotten writings to life with anecdotes, photographs and authentic recipes. (sweeks1980)… (més)

Mark Kurlansky

Lecture and Book Signing.Free. Reservations Required.215.409.6700Award-winning New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America. In the 1930s, with the country gripped by the Great Depression and millions of Americans struggling to get by, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Federal Writers' Project under the New Deal as a make-work program for artists and authors. A number of writers, including Zora Neale Hurston and Eudora Welty were dispatched all across America to chronicle the eating habits, traditions, and struggles of local people. The project, called "America Eats," was abandoned in the early 1940s because of the World War and was never completed. Join the National Constitution Center for a special conversation with Mark Kurlansky about the WPA’s portrait of food in Pre-World War II America. (booksense)… (més)