Save Room for Pie

Written by Roy Blount, Jr.

Narrated by Roy Blount

As a lifelong eater, Roy Blount always got along easy with food?he didn't have to think, he just ate. But food doesn't exist in a vacuum; there's the global climate and the global economy to consider, not to mention Blount's chronic sinusitis, which constricts his sense of smell, and consequently his taste buds. So while he's always frowned on eating with an ulterior motive, times have changed. Save Room for Pie grapples with these and other food-related questions in Blount's signature style. Here you'll find lively meditations on everything from bacon froth to grapefruit, Kobe beef to biscuits. You'll also find defenses of gizzards, mullet, okra, cane syrup, watermelon, and boiled peanuts; an imagined dialogue between Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden; input from Louis Armstrong, Frederick Douglass, and Blaze Starr; and of course some shampooed possums and carjacking turkeys. In poems and songs, limericks and fake (or sometimes true) news stories, Blount talks about food in surprising and innovative ways, with all the wit and verve that prompted Garrison Keillor, in The Paris Review, to say: quot;Blount is the best. He can be literate, uncouth, and soulful all in one sentence.quot;

• Language: English
• Publisher: Highbridge Company
• Release date: Mar 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781622319992

Roy Blount, Jr.

Humorist, sportswriter, poet, performer, lecturer, dramatist, and author of seventeen books, Roy Blount Jr.’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and National Geographic. His work has also been anthologized in such collections as The Best of Modern Humor and The Ultimate Baseball Book. He lives in western Massachusetts and New York City.

Reviews for Save Room for Pie

[mahsdad · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

(AUDIO) Borrowed this from the library via Libby (as an aside, this is my new favorite audio book app. Very easy to use, like the interface). The subtitle of this book is "Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations". Its a collection of his poetry, essays and his lifelong experiences with food. From is opinions about bourbon, to his and his son's experiences with piranha in South America, to his praise of Pimento Cheese and a bizarre story about the possum fanciers group where he was a judge at a possum show. He also sprinkles in some of the stories he presented in the "Bluff the Listener" segement on NPR's "Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me", where he is a frequent panelist.This was a really fun "read", that, while you can get it in book form, its much better if you get it in audio form. Half the charm of this book is listening to Blount's "down home" Southern drawl.8/10S: 4/15/18 - 5/5/18 (11 Days)