It is a weird feeling when you add a book and you are the first to read it on L.T. [Foodville] by [[Timothy Taylor]], He is a local Vancouver B.C. writer who has written excellent novels and he is firmly planted in the food world here. He has had some very interesting incarnations from a business background( MBA) to being a banker (brief) and then a writer (fiction/non fiction) and now an instructor in the U.B.C. creative writing program me as well as an accomplished cook. This is a wee book, small (62 pages) and interesting. I am always interested in food so this hit the spot for me but more so because it is thoughtful and well written. He looks at a big picture and understanding of the restaurant scene over time and according to our values. I am more interested in food from the nutrition point of view and not big on going to restaurants especially cutting edge che'che' ones, but he has an interesting point of view as he examines changes over time in our world of food, do I dare say "obsession". I liked this one!
A favourite quote was a reference to James Barber, 14 syllables to be muttered under the breath from time to time it is suggested.
"It's simple and delicious. So quit being such a snob." ( )