It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

The daughter of a British Foreign Service officer Moira Hodgson spent her childhood in many a strange and exotic land. She discovered American food in Saigon ate wild boar in Berlin and learned how to prepare potatoes from her eccentric Irish grandmother. Today Hodgson has a well-deserved reputation as a discerning critic whose columns in the New York Observer were devoured by dedicated food lovers for two decades.A delightful memoir of meals from around the worldcomplete with recipesIt Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time reflects Hodgsons talent for connecting her love of food and travel with the people and places in her life. Whether shes dining on Moroccan mechoui a whole lamb baked for a day over coals or struggling to entertain in a tiny Greenwich Village apartment her reminiscences are always a treat.