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Books that cook : the making of a literary meal

Cognard-Black, Jennifer, 1969- (Added Author). Goldthwaite, Melissa A., 1972- (Added Author). Nestle, Marion. (Added Author).

Summary: Organized like a cookbook, this is a collection of American literature written on the theme of food: from an invocation to a final toast, from starters to desserts. All food literatures are indebted to the form and purpose of cookbooks, and each section begins with an excerpt from an influential American cookbook, progressing chronologically from the late 1700s through the present day. The literary works within each section are an extension of these cookbooks, while the cookbook excerpts in turn become pieces of literature--forms of storytelling and memory-making all their own. Each section offers a delectable assortment of poetry, prose, and essays, and the selections all include at least one tempting recipe to entice readers to cook this book.

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  • ISBN: 9781479830213 (cloth)
  • Physical Description: print
    xx, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2014]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Cooking the book : an introduction / Jennifer Cognard-Black, Melissa A. Goldthwaite -- Porkchop gravy / Bill Kloefkorn -- From 'American cookery' / Amelia Simmons -- From 'Delights and prejudices' / James Beard -- Puffballs, From 'Secrets of the Tsil Café' / Thomas Fox Averill -- Full moon soup with snow / April Lindner -- To Cépe, with love / E.J. Levy -- Coriander and carrot / Michael S. Glaser -- An unspoken hunger / Terry Tempest Williams -- From 'The American frugal housewife' / Lydia Maria Child -- Recipe: gingerbread / Karen Leona Anderson -- Whistle Stop, Alabama, From 'Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' / Fannie Flagg -- Bread / Sharon Olds -- In Nancy's kitchen / Caroline M. Grant -- From 'The food taster' / Peter Elbling -- From 'Boston Cooking-School cookbook' / Fannie Merritt Farmer -- H is for happy, From 'An alphabet for gourmets' / M.F.K. Fisher -- Making the perfect fried egg sandwich / Howard Dinin -- All it took was a road, Surprises of urban renewal, From 'If I can cook, You know God can / Ntozake Shange -- Poison egg / Tenaya Darlington -- From 'The joy of cooking' / Irma S. Rombauer -- American liver mush / Ravi Shankar -- Eat your pets / Ellen Meloy -- How to make stew in the Pinacate Desert / Gary Snyder -- Spirit-fried no-name river brown trout, From 'My story as told by water' / David James Duncan -- Half-life / Paul Hanstedt -- The poet in the kitchen and The poem of chicken breast with fettuccine / David Citino -- A good roast chicken, From 'Pass the polenta' / Teresa Lust -- Turkey bone gumbo, From 'Gumbo tales' / Sara Roahen -- Boiled chicken feet and hundred-year-old eggs / Shirley Geok-Lin Lim -- 13-16 / Sherman Alexie -- From 'Mastering the art of French cooking' / Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck -- The vegetable gardens at Bilignin, From 'The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book' -- Summer salad / Melissa A. Goldthwaite -- Reception / Kathy Fagan -- Potatoes and love, From 'Heartburn' / Nora Ephron -- Repulsive dinners, From 'Home cooking' / Laurie Colwin -- The demystification of food, From 'Vibration cooking' / Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor -- How to cook moong dal, Bengali style / Deborah Thompson -- Food and belonging, at home and in alien-kitchens / Ketu H. Katrak -- From 'Chez Panisse menu cookbook' / Alice Waters -- All the old tales are tales of hunger / Caitlin Newcomer -- Baking for Sylvia / Kate Moses -- Suman sa ibos / Cheryl Quimba -- Pie, From 'Never eat your heart out' / Judith Moore -- Funeral food, From 'Consuming passions' / Michael Lee West -- Pie throwing, From 'Recipes for disaster: an anarchist cookbook' / CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective -- Burn / Jennifer Cognard-Black -- The assurance of caramel cake, From 'Hallelujah! The welcome table' / Maya Angelou -- How to make rhubarb wine / Ted Kooser.
Subject: Cooking
Cooking in literature
Food in literature

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Foreword xv
Marion Nestle
Acknowledgments xix
Cooking the Book: An Introduction to Books That Cook 1(14)
Jennifer Cognard-Black
Melissa A. Goldthwaite
Invocation
1 Porkchop Gravy: An Invocation (Poem)
15(2)
Bill Kloefkorn
Recipe: Porkchop Gravy
PART I STARTERS
17(48)
2 From American Cookery (Cookbook)
21(8)
Amelia Simmons
Recipes: Various Meats
3 From Delights and Prejudices (Nonfiction)
29(4)
James Beard
Recipes: Superb Chicken Jelly and Versions of Clam Soup
4 Puffballs: Finding the Inside: From Secrets of the Tsil Cafe (Fiction)
33(10)
Thomas Fox Averill
Recipes: Pawpaws and Yucca Soup
5 Full Moon Soup with Snow (Poem)
43(2)
April Lindner
Recipe: Full Moon Soup
6 To Cepe, with Love (or, The Alchemy of Longing) (Nonfiction)
45(18)
E. J. Levy
Recipe: Creamed Morels on Chive Butter Toast
7 Coriander and Carrot (Poem)
63(1)
Michael S. Glaser
Recipe: Coriander and Carrot Soup
8 An Unspoken Hunger: From An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field (Nonfiction)
64(1)
Terry Tempest Williams
Recipe: Avocado with Salsa and Chilies
PART II BREAD, POLENTA, AND PASTA
65(44)
9 From The American Frugal Housewife (Cookbook)
70(8)
Lydia Maria Child
Recipes: Various Breads
10 Recipe: Gingerbread (Poem)
78(2)
Karen Leona Anderson
Recipe: Gingerbread
11 Whistle Stop, Alabama: From Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fiction)
80(4)
Fannie Flagg
Recipe: Sipsey's Buttermilk Biscuits
12 Bread (Poem)
84(1)
Sharon Olds
Recipe: Yeast Bread
13 In Nancy's Kitchen (Nonfiction)
85(10)
Caroline M. Grant
Recipes: Polenta and Lemon Polenta Cookies
14 From The Food Taster (Fiction)
95(14)
Peter Elbling
Recipe: Mint and Spinach Ravioli
PART III EGGS
109(38)
15 From Boston Cooking-School Cookbook (Cookbook)
112(12)
Fannie Merritt Farmer
Recipes: Various Egg Dishes
16 H Is for Happy: From An Alphabet for Gourmets (Nonfiction)
124(5)
M. F. K. Fisher
Recipe: Aunt Gwen's Fried Egg Sandwich
17 Making the Perfect Fried Egg Sandwich (Poem)
129(6)
Howard Dinin
Recipe: Fried Egg Sandwich
18 All It Took Was a Road / Surprises of Urban Renewal: From If I Can Cook / You Know God Can (Nonfiction)
135(3)
Ntozake Shange
Recipe: Turtle Eggs and Spices
19 Poison Egg (Fiction)
138(9)
Tenaya Darlington
Recipe: Quail Egg Omelet
PART IV MAIN DISHES
147(66)
20 From The Joy of Cooking: A Compilation of Reliable Recipes with a Casual Culinary Chat (Cookbook)
153(6)
Irma S. Rombauer
Recipes: Various Fowl and Game Dishes
21 American Liver Mush (Poem)
159(3)
Ravi Shankar
Recipe: American Liver Mush
22 Eat Your Pets (Nonfiction)
162(6)
Ellen Meloy
Recipe: Riparian Roast
23 How to Make Stew in the Pinacate Desert: Recipe for Locke and Drum (Poem)
168(2)
Gary Snyder
Recipe: Beef Stew and Dumplings
24 Spirit-Fried No-Name River Brown Trout: A Recipe: From My Story as Told by Water (Nonfiction)
170(10)
David James Duncan
Recipe: Pan-Fried Trout
25 Half-Life (Fiction)
180(6)
Paul Hanstedt
Recipe: Thai Pork Cakes
26 The Poet in the Kitchen and The Poem of Chicken Breast with Fettuccine (Nonfiction and Poem)
186(5)
David Citino
Recipe: Chicken Breast with Fettuccine
27 A Good Roast Chicken: From Pass the Polenta: And Other Writings from the Kitchen (Nonfiction)
191(7)
Teresa Lust
Recipe: Roast Chicken
28 Turkey Bone Gumbo: From Gumbo Tales (Nonfiction)
198(6)
Sara Roahen
Recipe: Turkey Bone Gumbo
29 Boiled Chicken Feet and Hundred-Year-Old Eggs (Nonfiction)
204(7)
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Recipe: Soy-Boiled Chicken Feet
30 13/16 (Poem)
211(2)
Sherman Alexie
Recipes: Canned Meals
PART V SIDE DISHES
213(56)
31 From Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Cookbook)
218(7)
Julia Child
Louisette Bertholle
Simone Beck
Recipes: Various Artichoke Dishes
32 The Vegetable Gardens at Bilignin: From The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book (Nonfiction)
225(15)
Alice B. Toklas
Recipes: Green Pea, String Bean, Lettuce, Peppers, and Various Vegetable Dishes
33 Summer Salad (Poem)
240(2)
Melissa A. Goldthwaite
Recipe: Summer Salad
34 Reception (Poem)
242(2)
Kathy Fagan
Recipe: Insalata Pomodoro
35 Potatoes and Love: Some Reflections: From Heartburn (Fiction)
244(4)
Nora Ephron
Recipes: Swiss Potatoes, Potatoes Anna, and Mashed Potatoes
36 Repulsive Dinners: A Memoir: From Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen (Nonfiction)
248(5)
Laurie Colwin
Recipe: Rosti
37 The Demystification of Food: From Vibration Cooking: Or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl (Nonfiction)
253(3)
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
Recipe: Hopping John
38 How to Cook Moong Dal, Bengali Style (Nonfiction)
256(2)
Deborah Thompson
Recipe: Moong Dal
39 Food and Belonging: At "Home" and in "Alien-Kitchens" (Nonfiction)
258(11)
Ketu H. Katrak
Recipes: Ketu's Rice and Yellow Potatoes
PART VI DESSERTS
269(66)
40 From Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook (Cookbook)
273(6)
Alice Waters
Recipe: Linda's Chocolate Cups
41 All the Old Tales Are Tales of Hunger (Fiction)
279(4)
Caitlin Newcomer
Recipe: Baked Apples
42 Baking for Sylvia (Nonfiction)
283(8)
Kate Moses
Recipe: Tomato Soup Cake
43 Suman sa Ibos (Poem)
291(2)
Cheryl Quimba
Recipe: Suman sa Ibos
44 Pie: From Never Eat Your Heart Out (Nonfiction)
293(9)
Judith Moore
Recipes: Rhubarb Pie, Cherry Pie, and Apple Pie
45 Funeral Food: From Consuming Passions: A Food-Obsessed Life (Nonfiction)
302(6)
Michael Lee West
Recipes: Lemon Chess Pie and Lemon Squares
46 Pie Throwing: From Recipes for Disaster: An Anarchist Cookbook (Nonfiction)
CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective
308(6)
Recipe: Whipped Cream Pie
47 Burn (Fiction)
314(11)
Jennifer Cognard-Black
Recipes: Roman Punch and Mango Cake
48 The Assurance of Caramel Cake: From Hallelujah! The Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes (Nonfiction)
325(8)
Maya Angelou
Recipe: Caramel Cake
A Toast
49 How to Make Rhubarb Wine (Poem)
333(2)
Ted Kooser
Recipe: Rhubarb Wine
Contributors 335

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