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Acknowledgments XI
Prelude: The Craving 1
The Fried Egg and I 7
A Peanut Butter Kid in a Velveeta Wasteland 11
Recipe: Almost Like Mom's Macaroni and Cheese 19
About Sex and Me 21
Slow Death by Mayonnaise 25
Recipe: Blueberry Pie with Orange-Nut Crust 29
Something Borrowed, Something Blue 31
Recipe: My Ex-Sister-in-Law's Orange Pour Cake 35
Innocents Abroad 36
Recipe: Raw tomato sauce for Pasta 39
Comfort Me with Chocolate Mousse 40
How I Became Henri Soule's Darling 44
When Craig Claiborne Was God and King 47
The Insatiable Critic 53
Recipe: Plum Rum Conserve 55
Planting the Seeds of Sensuality 56
Bite: A New York Restaurant Strategy 62
Ma Vie Avec Le Grape Nut 69
Recipe: Danish Meat Loaf 77
Men I Just Couldn't Resist 78
Recipe: Infidelity Soup with Turkey and Winter Vegetables 82
The Woman Who Gave Me France on a Plate 84
Can This Be Love, or Is It an Intoxication of Butter? 92
Recipe: ChocolateWickedness 100
A Gastromaniacal Interlude 101
Haute Afloat 110
Under Covers 114
Train Games 121
Recipe: The Morning-After Orange Fruit Soup 124
The Scent of a Man 125
The Yo-yo Unwinds 129
It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Kaufman 132
Nobody Knows the Truffles I've Seen 138
Getting to Know Craig 146
Recipe: Mushroom Strudel 157
I Lost It at the Baths 159
Drowning my Sorrows in Chilled Burgundy 165
Of James Beard and Encounters with Goddesses 169
Splendor in the Foie Gras 175
Swimming in Bordeaux 179
How They Ate in Pompeii 181
Blue Skies and Candy, Too 193
Recipe: Scallops with Salsa Cruda and Gremolata 200
Life Is a Cabernet 202
Am I Blue? 207
The Prince of Porn and the Junk-Food Queen 213
Skin Flick 221
What I Learned on Spring Break 231
A Wine Romance This Is 246
Recipe: Jean Troisgros's Figs Candy Blue 255
It's Not Easy Being Greene 256
Cuisines from Three Marriages 263
Bonfire of the Foodies 272
On Mountain Time 282
Recipe: Juliette's Grandma's Fruit Crumble 290
Dining on the Lip of the Volcano 292
Le Cirque: Having My Cake and Eating it, Too 299
And to Think That I Saw It on Wooster Street 308
Memories of Maguy and Gilbert LeCoze 314
My Dinners with Andre 324
The Day the Music Died 330
Kiss Kiss Before Dinner 337
Eating Humble Pie 341
Recipe: Corn Soup with Sauteed Scallops and Bacon 348
Aftermath: No Mere Truffle 350
Index 359
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Felix Valenzuela
reviewed Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess on August 18, 2008
Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess
If Reichl's memoirs were a nourishing meal, then Greene's is a bag of chips. Reichl's trilogy about her life in food is ultimately about developing relationships, and discovering how to make a meaningful life.
Greene's book, in contrast, reads as a series of lists 1) foods she has eaten 2) men she has slept with 3) celebrities she has known. There is no real character development, nor any personal insights.
True, she has enjoyed amazing, sumptious meals, but to what end? There is no meaning to her life beyond the endless quest for rich meals on her employer's dime. Her sexual appetite, although clearly prodigious, leads her to make empty choice after empty choice. Some people will wish that they shared Greene's luck that allowed her to live a completely self-indulgent life. But most sensible people will be grateful that they haven't haven't wasted every moment pursuing nothing.
An empty life leads to an empty book--a bit ironic considering the title. Reichl's books, though far less sexual, are fare more sensual and satisfying.
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