# Ella Quittner: Obsessed With The Best

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Podcast: [Special Sauce with Ed Levine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/special-sauce-with-ed-levine-496852)
Published: 2026-04-03T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

As someone who has spent the greater part of a half-century searching for and obsessing about where to find the best of any kind of foodstuff, I was immediately drawn to Ella Quittner 's book Obsessed with the Best . Quittner and I delved into the pleasures and pitfalls any writer encounters when he or she tackles this most subjective undertaking. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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