Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession

Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do -- until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her memoir, Cleaving.

Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where she buries herself in the details of food. She learns how to break down a side of beef and French a rack of ribs -- tough physical work that only sometimes distracts her from thoughts of afternoon trysts.

The camaraderie at Fleischer's leads Julie to search out fellow butchers around the world -- from South America to Europe to Africa. At the end of her odyssey, she has learned a new art and perhaps even mastered her unruly heart.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 11/17/2010
ISBN: 9780316003377
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 12/19/2010 pg. 20