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Rtistic and extraordinary chef; The Keel of Lake Dickey in which a journey down the whitewater of a wild river ends in the shadow of a huge projected dam; a report on plans for the construction of nuclear power plants that would float in the ocean; and a pinball shoot out between two prizewinning journalis. His writing as always enlivens the commonplace while illuminating it farmers markets nuclear power research pinball canoeing in northern Maine and a New York chef
John McPhee has me uestioning a lot of my life choices right now How have I made it this far without ever tasting truffles? Why don't I treat
I don't think I've read this one before Five old New Yorker articles from the mid 70s Great stuff and really hasn't dated No surprises there I'm a serious John McPhee fanboy You should be too Overall 44 stars1 New
Thinning my book shelves I got sidetracked re reading a book I read many years ago I still enjoyed most of it though I've grown a bit less patient with some of the detail The title essay Giving Good Weight about
Only John McPhee can make everything from cutting wood in the forests of the northeast to green markets in NYC to a floating nuclear reactor into an absorbing read There's also a memorable description of an extraordinary chef preparing a a fresh octopus for dinner at his restaurant I'll say no
It was a mixed bagAs with many McPhee's this was a collection of shorter writingsWe've got McPhee working on farms and at farmer's market's around NYC entertaining; we've got New Jersey thinking about building floating nucle
Read only Brigade de Cuisine and the story about pinball read through half of Giving Good Weight before giving up and the 4 stars rating apply only to these 2 essays McPhee's writing is great but his essays tend to be a tag draggy He has this
He and I had an euipment shootout which he seemed to think he was winning He put up his new tent an ice blue JanSport with glass wands and a three uarter length fly the whole affair a subtle compromise —in breathing and impermeable nylons —between the statistical probabilities of incoming water and air Round repulsive mychopha
I just wanted to add my five to boost his already and deservedly high ranking Brigade is the piece that led me to McPhee and to Oranges and The Headmaster both unforgettable to meTo my head heart and soul the finest writer of nonfiction ever Warm humane observant witty just a marvel to me
His writing as always enlivens the commonplace while illuminating it farmers' markets nuclear power research pinball canoeing in northern Maine and a New York chef
A classic collection of essays I've returned to this book many times over the years and find McPhee's writing among the best