"Among the handful of American food writers with both real wit and truth in their bag, New York Times writer Kim Severson stands out as the new standard for delicious literacy." — Mario Batali
Buy the book Watch the videoLeah Chase: The first time I saw her, she was in a FEMA trailer outside her restaurant in 2006. Read more about Leah Chase
Alice Waters: The first time I saw her, she was walking briskly through Chez Panisse with Johnny Apple, the great late New York Times correspondent, on her heels, in 2000. Read more about Alice Waters
Rachael Ray: The first time I saw her, she was standing in her kitchen in her house near Lake George, New York, in October 2005. Read more about Rachael Ray
The Today Show’s Ann Curry calls Kim “a delicious writer” and says Spoon Fed is “lovely.”
“Whether hiding chicken nuggets from slow-food guru Alice Water or obsessing about Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl ‘in a Single White Female kind of way,’ NY Times food writer has certainly been under the influence of cooking’s grand dames. Luckily for us, she got past her Lucy Ricardo moments—and plenty that weren’t so funny—to produce this delightful memoir, a combo platter of life lessons, dishy profiles of her mentors and gustatory edification (with recipes!).” (Four stars.)