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"A delicious swirl of entertaining stories to fulfill any food lover's appetites. -- ""Jerry Greenfield, co-founder Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream"" An original gem. David Page has written a humorous cultural history full of deep research, smart anecdotes, novel information and mouth-watering accounts of the origins of our favorite foods. -- ""Martin Fletcher, author of Promised Land"" Jonathan Yen is an engaged and engaging narrator of this tour of American foods. His delivery has energy, enthusiasm, and just the right tone for tracking the many restaurateurs and locals who enhance the histories in this audiobook. -- ""AudioFile"" Page's rich storytelling sets a grand table, serves a literary feast, and leaves you savoring every morsel. -- ""Adrian Miller, author of Soul Food"""

A delicious swirl of entertaining stories to fulfill any food lover's appetites. -- Jerry Greenfield, co-founder Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream An original gem. David Page has written a humorous cultural history full of deep research, smart anecdotes, novel information and mouth-watering accounts of the origins of our favorite foods. -- Martin Fletcher, author of Promised Land Jonathan Yen is an engaged and engaging narrator of this tour of American foods. His delivery has energy, enthusiasm, and just the right tone for tracking the many restaurateurs and locals who enhance the histories in this audiobook. -- AudioFile Page's rich storytelling sets a grand table, serves a literary feast, and leaves you savoring every morsel. -- Adrian Miller, author of Soul Food

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Two-time Emmy winner David Page changed the world of food television by creating, developing, and executive-producing the groundbreaking show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Before that, as a network news producer based in London, Frankfurt, and Budapest, he traveled Europe, Africa, and the Middle East doing two things-covering some of the biggest stories in the world, and developing a passion for some of the world's most incredible food. Page walked through Checkpoint Charlie into East Berlin the night the Berlin wall opened, but his favorite memory of the eastern side before reunification remains the weisswurst sold under the S-Bahn elevated train. He was first served couscous by Moammar Khaddafy's kitchen staff while waiting in a tent to interview the dictator in Libya. Blood oranges at a three a.m. breakfast with Yasser Arafat. Wild boar prosciutto in Rome. Bouillabaisse in Marseille. Cheese pies in Tbilisi. Venison in Salzburg. Nonstop caviar in Moscow. He even managed to slip a few food features in between the headline stories, such as a profile of Germany's leading food critic, which turned out not to be the oxymoron one might assume. Once back in the states, Page has pursued his passion both personally and professionally. Show-producing Good Morning America, he was involved in a substantial amount of food coverage, including cooking segments by Emeril Lagasse. Creating Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and hands-on producing its first eleven seasons took him deep into the world of American food-its vast variations, its history, its evolution, and especially the dedicated cooks and chefs keeping it vibrant. His next series, the syndicated Beer Geeks, dove deep into the intersection of great beer and great food. It is those experiences, that education, the discovery of little-known stories and facts that led Page to dig even deeper and tie the strands together in Food Americana. Jonathan Yen is a commercial voice-over artist and Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. He was inspired by the Golden Age of Radio, and while the gold was gone by the time he got there, he has carried that inspiration through to commercial work, voice acting, and stage productions. From vintage Howard Fast science fiction to naturalist Paul Rosolie's true adventures in the Amazon, he loves to tell a good story.

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