The winner is THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD by Alice Waters. I’ll try to start finding some on-line recipes. MMR (104 replies, last updated by MMRuth November 5, 2008)

. Sprinkled with chopped parsley. Julia suggests serving with boiled potatoes and boiled green beans. I did just that – the beans were fresh and perfect and the whole thing was pretty simple to make and just delicious!!... (3 replies, last updated by eLizard June 19, 2007)

-bought apples seemed more appetizing after reading how Tom Sawyer would steal them from under his aunt’s nose. What are your memories of food from childhood reading? (138 replies, last updated by gmonkey February 27, 2008)

's shrimp, floating in an olive oil/tomato/onion sauce that seemed so simple yet was indescribably delicious. Like the Italian seaside meets the Caribbean. We fought over the sauce-saturated potatoes, and a basket of bread served... (11 replies, last updated by bugtown April 6, 2004)

November 2008 COTM: Alice Waters – The Art of Simple Food Please post your full-length reviews of recipes for vegetables here, including those recipes that fit in this category that are in the first section of the book.... (81 replies, last updated by LulusMom December 2, 2008)

November 2008 COTM: Alice Waters – The Art of Simple Food Please post your full-length reviews of recipes for desserts here, including those recipes that fit in this category that are in the first section of the book. Please... (14 replies, last updated by clamscasino November 17, 2008)

to encourage you to experiment. The only possible negative is that instead of color photographs, there are not-overly-appealing line drawings. But I think Simple Art and The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Berenbaum are two of the best... (5 replies, last updated by Sir Gawain March 7, 2005)

Someone else will have to address the places that are not in the immediate area, but I will do my best to cover the Boston area. I have omitted accompinments because I don’t use any, and therefore have a foogy memory.... (5 replies, last updated by yumyum April 21, 2003)

food, as art. All of these are gone. There creations are but memories, and then, only when the phase of the moon is just right. I’m sure that there are a thousand other creations, that merit the moniker, “art.” Chef Michael... (132 replies, last updated by Steve January 7, 2008)

in a classroom talking about at what moment an artifact of cultural memory becomes a work of art according to ricoeur. a little too much theorizing; no actual making of works of art (unless you count a nice chocolate cake i made... (9 replies, last updated by emily September 21, 2000)

Does anyone else remember these long-gone Chicago restaurants? Tofenetti’s was where the art students' dorm is now at State and Randolph. For every season they had a specialty they prepared in the window, strawberry... (2 replies, last updated by JADE September 29, 2005)

and it was very dry. We also ordered the spaghetti with marinara sauce which we enjoyed as we like a sauce that it very simple and clean. We brought back bags and bags of Lindt chocolate truffles which are delicious. We also made... (0 replies, last updated by Neta November 1, 2005)

Soft boiled egg with toast fingers for dipping. If I have Marmite in the house, so much the better. Another one ... not cooked, but still a cozy memory ... simple old cornflakes, no sugar, with bananas sliced on top. For some... (18 replies, last updated by amethiste October 15, 2007)

<To be honest, I don’t own a copy of MtAoFC because I don’t have the time or calories to devote to “Mastering” French cuisine, even though I would love to have a Mastery of French (or any other)... (89 replies, last updated by buttertart August 27, 2009)

in the car sampleing the succulent duck and crispy pork, washing it down hot soup. Other eating memories have been more elaborate, but none more simple satisfying. (2 replies, last updated by Wylie January 28, 2001)