Deck the Halls and Read These Books

The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation, By: David Kamp
Non-fiction, food 364 pages copyright 2006

This book is a great read it you are a foodie. If you just like food or are interested in what people eat, but are not a foodie this book will be interesting as well but you may be insulted at times by the overwhelming hatred to jell-o, fast food, and other non-foodie foods. So if you don’t know if you are or are not a foodie here is a short quiz to help to find out.

1. Do you watch channels like the Food Network, Fine Living etc that have shows centered around food?
2. Do you like to watch chiefs like Bobby Flay for their superior cooking skills and do not think that they are self-centered jerks?
3. Do you hate that cooks like Rachel Ray and Sandra Lee have cooking shows even thought they make non-gourmet foods and use short cuts in their cooking?
4. Do you seek out restaurants of famous chiefs?
5. Do you read magazines devoted to gourmet cooking like “Gourmet” or “Food and Wine”?
6. Do you know what arugula or rocket (in British) is?

If you answered 5 or more of the questions yes, then you are a foodie and should read to book, if you like to read.