Rowan Jacobsen and Adam Richman digest American food with Melissa Clark
Food writer (Newsweek, The New York Times, and Harper's) Rowan Jacobsen and Travel Channel's culinary expert Adam Richman sat down with food writer and cookbook author Melissa Clark, whose new cookbook In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite (Hyperion; September, 2010) is currently on its way to bookshelves across the country, for a discussion about the changing American food landscape at BookExpo America 2010. Jacobsen took the first question about defining what we mean when we talk about American food, which he defined in terms of increasing 'regionalism' and the growth of local farmers markets and organic foods on the American landscape, while Richman pointed to the cross-pollination of regional foods and the profound increase in food knowledge in America as important factors in what defines American food. Jacobsen warily accepted the notion that the 'Wal-Martization' of local food markets would inevitably takeover the movement, and Richman concurred with the caveat that 'Wal-Martization' does not further the cause of eating better or stimulating the local economy. Clark then asked Jacobsen to describe his new book American Terroir (Bloomsbury USA; August, 2010) that Publishers Weekly said 'challenges readers to rethink their relationship to food.' Richman then outlined his new book forthcoming this fall, America The Edible (Rodale Books; November, 2010)--a travelogue filled with fun facts mixed with culinary journalism. Jacobsen then offered the Alaskan salmon as a powerful example of American terroir. The interview concluded with a couple of questions from the audience to Jacobsen on the pros and cons of aqua culture and to Richman on food from Louisiana and the Gulf Coast in wake of the BP oil spill and hurricanes.
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Rowan Jacobsen and Adam Richman digest American food with Melissa Clark
