Fork It Over: The Intrepid Adventures of a Professional Eater

339 Pages·2005·8.17 MB·English

by  Alan Richman

Fork It Over
The Intrepid Adventures of a Professional Eater
A L A N R I C H M A N

For my wife, Lettie Teague,
and the man we both loved, Art Cooper

Contents
AMUSE-BOUCHE
The Eating Life / 3
A P P E T I Z E R S
A Mother’s Knishes / 17
What a Dive! / 29
Hungry in the Hamptons / 35
The Saucier’s Apprentice / 45
Bocuse Must Go / 53
A Room of One’s Own / 57
Palate Cleanser
Ten Commandments for Diners / 63
E N T R E E S
Too Much Is Never Enough / 69
Play It Again, Lam / 83
Miami Weiss / 99
The Long Aloha / 105
Not Much of a Man in Havana / 113
Toro! Toro! Toro! / 125
“As Long as There’s a Moishe’s, There’ll Always Be a Montreal” / 135
Slicing Up Naples / 153
Waiter, There’s a Foot in My Soup / 165
The Fruits of Islam / 177
Oldest Living Jewish Waiters Tell All / 191
Pete Jones Is a Man Among Pigs / 209
Alice Doesn’t Cook Here Anymore / 225
Palate Cleanser
Ten Commandments for Restaurants / 237
S I D E S
My Beef with Vegans / 243
Sheep Thrills / 253
Are We Having Fungus Yet? / 259
C H E E S E
Don’t Say “Cheese” / 273
Dairy Queens / 277
Palate Cleanser
Ten Reasons Why White Wine Is Better than Red / 285
W I N E
Nose Job / 289
Great Expectorations / 295
$25,000 Wine Week: A Tale of Excess / 301
G R AT U I T Y
“Please, Please, More!” Gasped Sharon Stone / 311
Acknowledgments / 321
About the Author
Praise
Credits
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher