Slice of Life A Collection of the Best and the Tastiest Modern Food Writing

Name: Slice of Life A Collection of the Best and the Tastiest Modern Food Writing
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ISBN: 9781585674725

ISBN-10: 1585674729

ISBN-13: 9781585674725

Edition: 2003

Authors: Bonnie Marranca

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A Slice of Life is a collection of contemporary food writing that readers can really sink their teeth into: one that examines the ineluctable link between nourishment, literature, and society. Represented here are some of the world's best known writers, many of whom-like Julia Child, Marcella Hazan, and Anthony Bourdain-are well known for their alimentary musings, while others, like Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag are better known for their writings in other genres; all speak eloquently on the nature of food, language, and the adaptability of social customs. Organized into chapters addressing descriptions of actual meals, autobiographical memories, the cultural spectacle of eating, the…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Overlook Press, The
Publication date: 10/20/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface: The Theatre of Food



Introduction: Eating My Words



Intimate Cuisine



W is for Wanton



Chopsticks



Francs and Beans



Swedish Food



Holiday Meals



How to Eat in Flight



Writing in Restaurants



My Mother's Blue Bowl



One



The Quest for Pie



Don't Squeeze the Tomatoes!



A Balatoni Fogas to Start With



Meatless Days



Israel - Forging a National Style with Gefilte Fish and Couscous



Plight du Jour



Meat



Restauration: The Art of Eating Returns to Russia



Remembrance of Wines Past



Naturally



About the Television Series



In My Market



Growing Beans



Confessions of a Stand-up Sausage Eater



The Crisis in French Cooking



Cooking in the Nude



From Our Kitchen to Your Table



St. Joseph's Bread



A Winter Feast



In Memory of Their Feelings



Our Daily Bread: On the Triumph of American Gastrosophy



Non-Vintage Years



What Bengali Widows Cannot Eat



In Memory's Kitchen



A Plea for Culinary Modernism: Why We Should Love Modern, Fast, Processed Food



Vegging Out



The Reporter's Kitchen: A Recipe for Writing



Enough Jam for a Lifetime



The Farm-Restaurant Connection



Soups



Last Year I Ate...



Feeding Your Critter



Fresh Herbs



Olive Heaven



Blind Faith



Chocolate, Catholicism, Ancien Regime



Why Do I Fast?



God in Crumbs



What'd You People Call That?



A Spiritual Meal Guideline



Edible Ecriture



Funerals



The Pleasures of Eating



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