For the compulsive snacker, the perfect diet--a year's supply of delicious munchies, salted with wit, sugared with love, crisped with intelligence--and totally calorie free. Eat and grow thin. author of My Kitchen Wars, I Hear America Cooking, Home Bistro, Masters of American Cookery, and The Story of Corn
A former caterer who is currently completing her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Florida International University, Broussard combines her two passions�literature and cooking�to compile this anthology of food related essays, stories, and poems. Delving deep into the complexity of the human spirit, each of the 36 contributors�among them, John Dufresne, Dan Wakefield, Les Standiford, and Lynne Barrett�contemplates how food affects his or her life in settings as common as the grocery store or a backyard cookout. Two outstanding stories use food as the central metaphor for grief. In Nina Romano�s �Dean-O,� a long-married couple�s shared memories of fine dinning sustain them through a serious breach of trust in their marriage, while in Lynne Barrett�s �Gift Wrap,� three generations of a family work out their grief over the loss of the family matriarch while baking Lebkuchen. The pieces, some original to this work, are organized thematically and even include favorite recipes. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to South Florida�s Daily Bread Food Bank. For large collections of cookbooks and literary essays.Pam Kingsbury
Wow! What a terrific selection of food related essays, stories and poems. Something for everyone, and even lots for a fussbudget like me. I had no idea there was so much culture in South Florida. Well, it looks like I was wrong once again and Tracey Broussard was right. author of Mother Wonderful's Profusely Illustrated Guide to the Proper Preparation of Chicken Soup and Mother Wonderful's Cheesecakes and Other Goodies
A former caterer who is currently completing her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Florida International University, Broussard combines her two passions�literature and cooking�to compile this anthology of food related essays, stories, and poems. Delving deep into the complexity of the human spirit, each of the 36 contributors�among them, John Dufresne, Dan Wakefield, Les Standiford, and Lynne Barrett�contemplates how food affects his or her life in settings as common as the grocery store or a backyard cookout. Two outstanding stories use food as the central metaphor for grief. In Nina Romano�s �Dean-O,� a long-married couple�s shared memories of fine dinning sustain them through a serious breach of trust in their marriage, while in Lynne Barrett�s �Gift Wrap,� three generations of a family work out their grief over the loss of the family matriarch while baking Lebkuchen. The pieces, some original to this work, are organized thematically and even include favorite recipes. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to South Florida�s Daily Bread Food Bank. For large collections of cookbooks and literary essays.
A former caterer who is currently completing her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Florida International University, Broussard combines her two passions-literature and cooking-to compile this anthology of food-related essays, stories, and poems. Delving deep into the complexity of the human spirit, each of the 36 contributors-among them, John Dufresne, Dan Wakefield, Les Standiford, and Lynne Barrett-contemplates how food affects his or her life in settings as common as the grocery store or a backyard cookout. Two outstanding stories use food as the central metaphor for grief. In Nina Romano's "Dean-O," a long-married couple's shared memories of fine dining sustain them through a serious breach of trust in their marriage, while in Lynne Barrett's "Gift Wrap," three generations of a family work out their grief over loss of the family matriarch while baking Lebkuchen. The pieces, some original to this work, are organized thematically and even include favorite recipes. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to South Florida's Daily Bread Food Bank. For large collections of cookbooks and literary essays.-Pam Kingsbury, Florence, AL Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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