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Resourceful traveler: December 28, 2008
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More from BooksEat: Los Angeles (Prospect Park Books, $19.95)
Colleen Dunn Bates, the editor of Eat: Los Angeles, makes no claims that the book is comprehensive. In such a vast and complex city that would be an impossible task, she concludes. Instead, the books intent is to be broad-ranging and discerning. It covers a lot of ground, many types of cuisine and various price ranges. The contributing editors describe fancy restaurants and humble coffeehouses, but also cheese shops, caterers, taco trucks, cooking schools, food festivals and farmers markets throughout Los Angeles County. They also include 10 profiles of what they call Good Food Neighborhoods and recognize places they consider Essentially L.A.
Route 66 Backroads (Voyageur Press, $24.99)
Famous Route 66 begins at Grant Park in Chicago and ends by the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica. The road and this book recall a time before franchise restaurants and chain motels choked Americas highways. In total, the guide consists of 50 driving tours, which include plenty of side trips off the Mother Road. What truly sets the book apart from similar titles, though, is the more than 200 color photographs by photographers Kerrick James, Rick Bowers and Nora Mays Bowers.
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