Majumdar - Fed, white, and blue: finding America with my fork

Simon Majumdar is a food writer and broadcaster, and author of Eat My Globe and Eating for Britain. He has recurring roles as a judge on Iron Chef, The Next Iron Chef, and Cutthroat Kitchen, and has appeared on Beat Bobby Flay, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Extreme Chef, and other shows. He is the fine living correspondent for AskMen.com and writes regular features for the Food Network website, in addition to other media outlets. Simon was one of the voices behind the Dos Hermanos blog, which GQ called Michelin starred food blogging. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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This book is dedicated to Baba, Mum, Robin, Auriel, Jeremy, Matt, Evan, and Biba, the family who made me. It is also dedicated to Luz and Pering, the family who accepted me. Most of all, it is dedicated to my beautiful and patient wife, Sybil, without whom none of this would have happened.