J. Ryan Stradal's new novel is Kitchens of the Great Midwest.
One of his ten top books about food, as shared at the Guardian:Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.”
At the time Bourdain’s first book came out, I don’t recall there being anything quite like it. His cynical, brash, and detailed look





