Appetite For the U.S.A.

摘要

The oysters have arrived, sparkling; drawn, the chef explains, from the Chesapeake, where the Chincoteague, the Rappahannock and the York rivers meet. "So they're from the northern neck of Virginia!" Johnny Apple happily exclaims, relieved at having placed the source of his lunch. Provenance matters to this political journalist turned food writer whose just-published book, "Apple's America," is a cultivated, quirky guide for the curious traveler. Its T-shirt motto could be: People can and should be a little inter ested in everything.