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    Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork
    Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork
    Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork
    Audiobook8 hours

    Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork

    Written by Simon Majumdar

    Narrated by Tim Andres Pabon

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Simon Majumdar is probably not your typical idea of an immigrant. As he says, “I'm well rested, not particularly poor, and the only time I ever encounter ‘huddled masses' is in line at Costco.” But immigrate he did, and thanks to a Homeland Security agent who asked if he planned to make it official, the journey chronicled in Fed, White, and Blue was born. In it, Simon sets off on a trek across the United States to find out what it really means to become an American, using what he knows best: food.
    Simon stops in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to learn about what the pilgrims ate (and that playing Wampanoag football with large men is to be avoided); a Shabbat dinner in Kansas; Wisconsin to make cheese (and get sprayed with hot whey); and LA to cook at a Filipino restaurant in the hope of making his in-laws proud. Simon attacks with gusto the food cultures that make up America-brewing beer, farming, working at a food bank, and even finding himself at a tailgate. Full of heart, humor, history, and of course, food, Fed, White, and Blue is a warm, funny, and inspiring portrait of becoming American.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateMay 1, 2015
    ISBN9781469061504
    Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork
    Author

    Simon Majumdar

    Simon Majumdar is an acclaimed author, broadcaster, and cook on an endless journey to go everywhere and eat everything. He has written several books about his travels, including Eat My Globe, Eating for Britain, and Fed, White, and Blue. He has also appeared on the Food Network and Cooking Channel on shows such as Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions, Guy's Grocery Games, Cutthroat Kitchen, Beat Bobby Flay, Iron Chef America, The Next Iron Chef, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and Extreme Chef. He lives in Los Angeles. 

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    • 4/5
      Simon Majumdar's exploration of America through food is a lot of fun. His vivid descriptions of the food he ate along the way also made me hungry.
    • 3/5
      This could have been a really fun and interesting look at American culture and American food culture from an outsider's perspective, but all Majumdar gives us are trite stories about people welcoming him to their tables and their celebrations. He doesn't even write about food all that well - just piles on adjectives to such a degree that they become meaningless and tired. I didn't get anything out of this book except a determination to not read anything else by him. Also, here's a pet peeve - Majumdar is Anglo-Indian and throughout the book he makes mention of that, or of his accent, or of customs he's more familiar with. But the audio is read by an American, so it strikes the listener as distinctly odd. Why would they not have gotten a British reader for this?!? Or at least someone who could fake the accent? Anyway, I was going to give this 3 stars because I'm still filled with the holiday spirit, but writing this has reminded me of how annoying I found the whole thing, so no.