I picked this book up at Eastern Market for about $5, and I’ve fallen in love with it. The Artful Eater, an anthropological look into 18 foods that are vital to great cooking, is part history and part romance. Edward Behr lovingly describes eggs, vanilla, English mustard, cream and salt without rhyme or reason, but at the end of each chapter you know he only means the best. The bottom line of the book? Great food doesn’t need to be adorned — let the flavors of the food shine through. That’s certainly a lesson for me…I like to put Sriracha on everything!