[ Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes Hesser, Amanda ( Author ) ] { Paperback } 2004

A cosy foodie book celebrating how Amanda got her boy friend to be here husband , its like sex and the city but with recipes instead of smut . I enjoyed it , just as I enjoyed the key west food critic books . This isn't street food or hipster town . Amanda can be a terrible snob and she is obsessed with butter yet I did like the kitsch pictures and little bits of info about her life . Its magazine writing rather than Pulitzer journo style .

This is more a collection of magazine articles with recipes than a conventional cookbook. She is passionate about food and trying new things and it's a good read. The white bolognese is the only recipe I cook regualrly from it though.

Eines meiner absoluten Lieblingsbücher. Aber Achtung! Wenn man nicht ein Freund/eine Freundin der gehobenen Küche ist, wird man nicht den gleichen Spaß beim Lesen haben! Die Autorin kämpft nämlich gehen die Gewohnheiten ihres Liebsten nach dem Essen milchhaltige Kaffees zu bestellen, Bier aus Flaschen zu trinken oder ins Steakhouse zu gehen. Wer gutes Essen liebt, wird das Buch umso amüsanter finden. Zwischendrin gibt es dann auch immer wieder Rezepte zum Nachkochen!

This is perhaps my all time favorite book. Hesser's writing is a thing of beauty and I continue to read and reread this throughout the years. If there's a "comfort read," this is it for me.

Love the book and the recipes. Chocolate dump cake is my favorite.

OK

A delightful read for any food lover. Full of wonderful recipes. Amanda Hesser writes a funny, enjoyable chronicle of her romance with "Mr. Latte".I read it about 13 years ago and decided I wanted it now for the recipes. I highly recommend it!!

Anyone who enjoys cooking and stories of personal experiences will very much enjoy this book. Short chapters with recipes matching the experience so it is easy to pick up for a short read.

A bit of a sense of humor plus recipes plus prose... You really get a look inside the head of a food critic, and how she lives and thinks. Amanda Hesser is such a gifted writer, and this book is really personal.

I bought this book three years ago and I never get tired of reading it. I have cooked several of the recipes and have rarely been disappointed. Most of them actually turned out great, like the chocolate dump-it cake, the vanilla beans loaves or the salmon and lentils dinner. This really is one of my favorite cookbooks.

When you just look on the recipe index it may seem not much of an interest, but when you start to read it - it so much more and it's enrich anyone interested in the Art of Cooking.

I think the best thing about this book is the recipes at the end of each chapter! Every single one that I have tried has become a household favorite and my friends demand copies of the recipe.The story is fairly entertaining with some nice anecdotes. I was especially interested to learn about the life of a food critic, which was completely new to me. However, if you're looking for great literature, this isn't it.

A wonderful book if you are a food lover.

If you are looking for an easy read, try Amanda Hesser's year-in-the-life. She writes of her courtship to Mr. Latte and includes lots of food talk along the way. The recipes are a good addition, and most of them are not too complicated either.

If I could give this boring, humorless book written by a snooty chef who is not above belittling her boyfriend for his taste in food negative stars, I would. Even the recipes aren't worth mentioning. I'm sorry I spent money on this.

I am so glad I bought this book in spite of the negative reviews I read. I loved every page of it. The story was fun, honest, and engaging, the descriptions of the food were sumptuous, and the recipes look incredible - I can't wait to try them. I will definielty recommend this to all my "foodie" friends.

This is the sweetest type of book: Words about food and the recipes to go along with them. Delicious and funny!