{"product_id":"stories-from-the-kitchen-9781101907597","title":"Stories from the Kitchen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories from the Kitchen \u003c\/i\u003eis a one-of-a-kind anthology of classic tales showcasing the culinary arts from across the centuries and around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a mouthwatering smorgasbord of stories with food in the starring role, by a range of masters of fiction--from Dickens and Chekhov to Isaac Bashevis Singer, from Shirley Jackson to Jim Crace and Amy Tan. These richly varied selections offer tastes as decadent as caviar and as humble as cherry pie. They dazzle with the sumptuous extravagance of Isak Dinesen's \"Babette's Feast\" and console with a prisoner's tender final meal in G nter Grass's \u003ci\u003eThe Flounder.\u003c\/i\u003e Choice tidbits from famous novels make an appearance: the triumphant \u003ci\u003eboeuf en daube\u003c\/i\u003e served in Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse, \u003c\/i\u003e Marcel Proust's rhapsodic memories of the family's cook preparing asparagus in \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Things Past, \u003c\/i\u003e  mile Zola's outrageously sensual \"cheese symphony\" scene from \u003ci\u003eThe Belly of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. Here, too, are over-the-top amuse-bouches by Gerald Durrell, Nora Ephron, and T. C. Boyle; a touching short story about food and love by M. F. K. Fisher; and a delightful account of the perfect meal by eighteenth-century epicure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, who wrote, \"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a barrel of oysters endowed with powers of seduction to a dish of stewed tripe liberally spiced with vengeance, the fictional confections assembled here will tantalize, entice, and satisfy literary gourmands everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101907597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 4.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Diana Secker Tesdell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924972343477,"sku":"9781101907597","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fcd24097-90bc-4848-868a-23a116140db4.jpg?v=1687842630","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stories-from-the-kitchen-9781101907597","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}