'Buttermilk Graffiti' is a road trip in search of contemporary American cuisine
What is the flavor of America? It's easy to reflexively reach for the old standbys â the hot dogs, the pizzas, the apple pies, the picnic and street food that's everywhere and inescapable. It's also easy to look for that flavor at Michelin-starred restaurants in the big cities, or on television as curated by a few powerful celebrity chefs and producers.
Those answers aren't wrong,, a new book by chef and author Edward Lee. The book's back cover touts its author's "layered perspective" (he's Korean-born and Brooklyn-raised with a strong professional and emotional connection to the cooking of the mid-South) and that's the key to the book's strength, too â it examines food not as static, finished recipes but as evolving conversations between cultures and generations.
