Far Flung and Well Fed: The Food Writing of R.W. Apple Jr.

(St. Martin’s Press)

In this collection of more than 50 essays written by the late New York Times political reporter and Washington bureau chief, Apple recounts extraordinary meals and little-known facts of foods from America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Apple began writing food articles for the Times in the late 1970s and his writing also appeared in Gourmet and National Geographic Traveler, among other ­publications.