The Best American Food and Travel Wri..., Padma Lakshmi
The Best American Food and Travel Wri..., Padma Lakshmi
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The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024

Author: Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena

Narrator: Eunice Wong, Soneela Nankani, Ali Nasser, Cary Hite, Chanté McCormick, Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Unabridged: 9 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/22/2024

Synopsis

A collection of the year’s top food and travel writing, selected by the trailblazing New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated host of Taste the Nation and Top Chef Padma Lakshmi.“Food and travel are natural companions,” writes guest editor Padma Lakshmi. From this pairing comes “the possibility of seeing anew, of examining how we make and assign meaning.” The essays in this year’s Best American Food and Travel Writing circle the world—from Dakar in Senegal, to Michoacán in south-central Mexico, to the Camino de Santiago in Spain—and deepen our understanding of our place in it. An ode to the American grilled cheese spurs the desire to find beauty in the smallest daily activities. An obsessive odyssey for the perfect Chinese food blossoms into a heart-wrenching search for a lost childhood. Bold and insightful, joyful and moving, this collection celebrates the experiences that connect us all.The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024 includes C PAM ZHANG • LIGAYA MISHAN • KIESE LAYMON • MARIAN BULL • MAYUKH SEN • BEN TAUB • AND OTHERS

About Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi is an Emmy-nominated producer, television host, food expert, and a New York Times bestselling author, as well as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People (2023). She is the creator of the critically-acclaimed and Emmy-nominated Hulu series “Taste the Nation,” which also won a  prestigious James Beard Foundation Award. Lakshmi served as host and executive producer for 19 seasons of Bravo’s two-time Emmy-winning series “Top Chef,”, which has been nominated for 47 Emmys, including her five-time nomination for Outstanding Host for A Reality-Competition Program.

About Jaya Saxena

Jaya Saxena is the co-author of Basic Witches (Quirk, 2017) and a staff writer at Eater. Her work has appeared in many outlets, including the New York Times, Buzzfeed, GQ, ELLE, Electric Literature, Catapult, the Daily Dot, The Toast, and more. She lives in New York City with her partner.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jero on April 18, 2025

It’s hard to give a star rating to a collection of articles written by different authors about such vastly varied subjects. It’s also difficult for me to remain objective in my evaluation of the book because Padma Lakshmi served as the guest editor. I would gladly crawl across broken glass if Padma......more

Goodreads review by Beth on July 11, 2024

I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley. I read a past book in this series, 2022's Best American Food Writing. I remember it being an excellent read with some stand-out works. This new edition, that now incorporates the best travel writing as well? Astonishing. Piece after piece was edu......more

Goodreads review by Georgia on December 31, 2024

Some really incredible essays in this book! Padma’s intro had me in my feels from sentence 1. Favorites included India’s beef with beef, The Hungry Jungle, notable sandwiches: the grilled cheese, my favorite restaurant served gas, My Catalina, Forbidden Fruit, Unsafe Passage, and Eating Badly. I don......more

Goodreads review by Kerry on August 03, 2024

This book series used to separated into best food writing and then best travel writing, and the publishers decided to make one book because you do both at the same time. Makes sense.......more

Goodreads review by Mona on March 01, 2025

very much a mixed bag— some relied too heavily on your typical food metaphors/cliches, but many were pretty excellent— insightful and informative, and/or beautiful and poetic.......more

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