As usual, I haven’t done as much reading as I wanted to, I mean, if time permitted, I would devour every book on my wishlist! So anyways, here are the top 10 books for me this year (in no particular order of preference).
1) Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
2) Stalking the Green Fairy: and Other Fantastic Adventures in Food and Drink by James Villas
3) Between Bites: Memoirs of a Hungry Hedonist by James Villas
4) The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
5) The Perfectionist: Life & Death in Haute Cuisine by Rudolph Chelminski
6) With Love & Irony by Lin Yutang
7) Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
8) Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life by Mimi Sheraton
9) A Cook’s Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain
10) The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer