If you've been paying any attention to the cookbooks I've been featuring here, you may have noticed that I have something of a weakness for memoirs or collections of essays that revolve around food and offer some of the recipes that are mentioned in the writing. Last Friday, while I was up in New York, I made a stop at Kitchen Arts and Letters (a bookstore devoted exclusively to writing about food and wine). In addition to browsing the many shelves of cookbooks, I spent some time in the essay/memoir section. That's where I discovered Bonny Wolf's Talking with My Mouth Full. I don't know how I've missed this book until now, being that I typically haunt the food section at my local Barnes and Noble. However, I am excessively grateful to have discovered it, as it is filled with wonderful essays about things ranging from the history of the Bundt pan (reading that section made me want to leap up and start baking) to An Ode to Toast (because who doesn't like toast?). If you are looking for a book that deals with food and has the ability to make you hungry but yet totally satisfied, look no further. And now, I'm off to bake a Bundt cake.
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