Eating with Peter - A Gastronomic Journey

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher - A life-changing journey intertwining high romance, gastronomy, and an unsurpassable joir de vivre for readers of Julie and Julia and My Paris Kitchen. Susan's life would never be the same after she meets Peter. A man who was larger than life, Peter pulls Susan out of her comfort zone to taste the fine life, literally. Together they take food world by storm—embarking on a rollicking adventure through Michelin star restaurants in France, exploring delicacies from the souks in Morocco, and sampling delectable treasures from the Red Sea to the Caribbean. They explored the world, and along the way discovered the best and most desired tables, moving from Peter's adventures with Hemingway to sampling delectable treasures from the Red Sea to the Caribbean. When they returned to New York, Peter—a writer, notorious food and wine connoisseur, gourmand, as well as chef—and Susan incorporated their exciting European tastes to their daily American life. As Peter and Susan explore one three-star restaurant after the next, the reader meets and gets a taste of famous gastronomic dishes and their chefs, in addition to learning about mouth-watering recipes, culinary moments around the Buckley's kitchen and table with family and friends, and many of their New York food secrets. If much has been written about La Haute Cuisine in the past, nothing compares to the fresh, personal, and tantalizing tone Eating with Peter offers. All twenty-seven recipes in the book have thoroughly been tested, and should invite the reader to recreate the joys of Susan and Peter's experience.

I had no idea who the Buckleys were before I read this book but friends of Mary and Ernest Hemingway have to be fascinating people!! Thanks to google I discovered, before even starting the book that Peter was a writer and photographer who became obsessed with bullfights, releasing books on them and his friend Ernest Hemingway. Buckley's papers are at the Universtiy of Texas, Austin, if anyone wants to dig deeper like I do, into this life work!) This book make me hungry --- the stories of the food and the recipes made me make shopping lists and dinner party plans. What a fascinating and well-written book!!!