Angelo Pellegrini, Italian-born author of The Unprejudiced Palate and The Food-Lover's Garden, was devoted to the pleasures of a convivial table; his books--his life, in fact--inspired a generation of foodies in his adopted home of Seattle and throughout the country as well. He died in 1991 at the age of 88 and his books, sadly, are no longer in print.
Pellegrini photo (L) by Bob Peterson
Now, Seattle seafood guru Jon Rowley is heading a campaign to create a memorial: a statue, a bench, an herb garden. Details in the current issue of Northwest Palate. Roger Downey also offers a tribute to Pellegrini in the current issue of Seattle Weekly. Surely this is a project we can all support!
Good news. Angelo Pellegrini's "The Unprejudiced Palate",which has been out of print for 20 years, is being released this week by Modern Library. Books and Cooks is doing celebration dinners on Aug 30 and Sept 1. The dinners are also fundraisers for the Angelo Pellegrini Memorial project.
Good news indeed! Thanks for the update, Jon.
Tune into the Megan Sukys interview with Brent Pellegrini in case you missed
it today on KUOW.
http://www.kuow.org/thebeat.asp