Mark Kurlansky is a New York Times bestselling and James A. Beard Award-winning author. He is the recipient of a Bon Appétit American Food and Entertaining Award for Food Writer of the Year, and the Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award for Food Book of the Year.
Interviews
Bethanne Patrick interviews author Mark Kurlansky about his new book The Last Fish Tale and the state of commerical fishing in New England.
Blog Posts
The Book Maven's Top 10 Books of 2009
Choosing my Top Ten books of the year has been agonizing. I wish I had an office full of colleagues to argue with, but for this year at least the list is all my responsibility.
You'll note that many of these books appeared on The Book Studio in one way or another. For some, I conducted interviews with the authors; for others, I wrote reviews. That is not deliberate deck-stacking; it's a function of the fact that I try very hard to choose books that I believe will be strong -- but also books that intrigue me and that I want to read.
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Submitted by Bethanne on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 9:35am Giveaway: Books for Foodies
Happy Sunday, everyone! A show of hands for how many of you went to see "Julie and Julia" this past weekend...
I saw it back in early June, at a special preview for bookish types during Book Expo America. I won't bother to give you a long review now -- you can find those elsewhere -- but I will say that the food in the movie made me quite hungry.
Read more »"The Food of a Younger Land" by Mark Kurlansky
He had me at Vermont Apple Dumplings. He had me again at North Carolina Chitterling Strut. And, I fell under his spell once more at Puget Sound Indian Salmon Feasts.
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Submitted by Bethanne on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 1:28pm A Conversation with Mark Kurlansky
This morning I was speaking to a colleague who is about to leave for three weeks in Gloucester, and she's eager to read The Last Fish Tale by Mark Kurlansky. As she should be!
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Submitted by Bethanne on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 3:08pm "The Last Fish Tale"
Happy Monday! That's a "fish tale" in and of itself, isn't it?
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On the Literature Map, the closer two authors are located next to each other, the more likely that a person will like both of them. The map is experimental and based on the input of users. (We think it's kind of neat!)
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