Description
Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by Martha Stewart Living
Magnificent illustrations add spirit to recipes and heartfelt narratives. Plan to buy two copies--one for you and one for your best foodie friend. --Taste of Home This collection of intimate, illustrated essays by some of America's most well-regarded literary writers explores how comfort food can help us cope with dark times--be it the loss of a parent, the loneliness of a move, or the pain of heartache. Lev Grossman explains how he survived on "sweet, sour, spicy, salty, unabashedly gluey" General Tso's tofu after his divorce. Carmen Maria Machado describes her growing pains as she learned to feed and care for herself during her twenties. Claire Messud tries to understand how her mother gave up dreams of being a lawyer to make "a dressed salad of tiny shrimp and avocado, followed by prune-stuffed pork tenderloin." What makes each tale so moving is not only the deeply personal revelations from celebrated writers, but also the compassion and healing behind the story: the taste of hope. If you've ever felt a deep, emotional connection to a recipe or been comforted by food during a dark time, you'll fall in love with these stories.--Martha Stewart Living "Eat Joy is the most lovely food essay book . . . This is the perfect gift. --Joy Wilson (Joy the Baker)
Author: Natalie Eve Garrett
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 10/29/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781936787791
ISBN10: 1936787792
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Essays & Narratives
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Cooking | Comfort Food
Magnificent illustrations add spirit to recipes and heartfelt narratives. Plan to buy two copies--one for you and one for your best foodie friend. --Taste of Home This collection of intimate, illustrated essays by some of America's most well-regarded literary writers explores how comfort food can help us cope with dark times--be it the loss of a parent, the loneliness of a move, or the pain of heartache. Lev Grossman explains how he survived on "sweet, sour, spicy, salty, unabashedly gluey" General Tso's tofu after his divorce. Carmen Maria Machado describes her growing pains as she learned to feed and care for herself during her twenties. Claire Messud tries to understand how her mother gave up dreams of being a lawyer to make "a dressed salad of tiny shrimp and avocado, followed by prune-stuffed pork tenderloin." What makes each tale so moving is not only the deeply personal revelations from celebrated writers, but also the compassion and healing behind the story: the taste of hope. If you've ever felt a deep, emotional connection to a recipe or been comforted by food during a dark time, you'll fall in love with these stories.--Martha Stewart Living "Eat Joy is the most lovely food essay book . . . This is the perfect gift. --Joy Wilson (Joy the Baker)
Author: Natalie Eve Garrett
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 10/29/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781936787791
ISBN10: 1936787792
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Essays & Narratives
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Cooking | Comfort Food
About the Author
NATALIE EVE GARRETT is an artist and writer, and the editor of The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with Recipes and the forthcoming Lonely Together: 20 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Perils of Being Alone. She lives in a town outside Washington, D.C., and along the Potomac River with her husband and two children.