Favorite books for Christmas, New Year’s, anytime

Books for Christmas, New Year’s, anytime

A few of our favorite books this year, in random order:

Real Food and Wine, in Rome:

Food Wine Rome, by yours truly (shamelessly yours), the Terroir Guide to Rome, with Alison’s photography, and hundreds of food artisans, restaurants, a food glossary and more: www.davidddownie.com where you can buy from independent booksellers or the usual Internet sellers (such as http://www.amazon.com/Food-Wine-Rome-Terrior-Guides/dp/1892145715/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259770953&sr=1-2) and don’t forget, Food Wine Burgundy is coming out next March!

More Real Food and Wine, on the Italian Riviera:

Food Wine Italian Riviera & Genoa, more of the same, though this time it’s the Terroir Guide to the Italian Riviera, again with Alison’s gorgeous photography, and hundreds of food artisans, restaurants, a food glossary and more: www.davidddownie.com where you can buy from independent booksellers or the usual Internet sellers (such as http://www.amazon.com/Italian-Riviera-Genoa-Terroir-Guides/dp/1892145642/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2)

Real food as in cookbooks:

Paul Wolfort’s latest, Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking, the result of years and years of research and testing, and her incomparable TLC: http://www.amazon.com/Mediterranean-Clay-Pot-Cooking-Traditional/dp/076457633X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259771232&sr=1-1

Thrills and chills:

Paris City of Night, my new thriller, more shameless self-promotion by popular demand (from the dozens of fan-emails I’ve received), www.davidddownie.com where you can order it from independent booksellers or buy on line from a variety of others, or the inevitable http://www.amazon.com/Paris-City-Night-David-Downie/dp/1601110162/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259770820&sr=1-4

Food for Thought Department:

Escaping Plato’s Cave: How America’s Blindness to the rest of the World Threatens Our Survival, by Mort Rosenblum, buy from your local independent or http://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Platos-Cave-Blindness-Threatens/dp/0312364407/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259770470&sr=1-2

Wiki-Everything Department:

Andrew Dalby’s fascinating, illuminating exposé of Wikipedia and brave new world it represents, just out: The World and Wikipedia: How We Are Editing Reality

http://www.amazon.com/World-Wikipedia-How-editing-reality/dp/0956205208/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259771290&sr=1-1 and while you’re at it don’t miss Andrew’s pungently witty and informative everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know opus on Cheese, a Global History http://www.amazon.com/Cheese-Global-History-Reaktion-Edible/dp/1861895232/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259771666&sr=1-1, which happens to be a very handsome little book…