Eating words : a Norton anthology of food writing / edited by Sandra M. Gilbert & Roger J. Porter ; with a foreword by Ruth Reichl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilbert, Sandra M., editor.

Porter, Roger J., 1936- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gastronomy--History--Sources.

Gastronomy.

Food writing--Literary collections.

Food writing.

History.

Genre:

Literary collections.

History.

Sources.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 471 ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]

Summary:

"Edited by influential literary critic Sandra M. Gilbert and award-winning restaurant critic and professor of English Roger Porter, Eating Words gathers food writing of literary distinction and vast historical sweep into one groundbreaking volume. Beginning with the taboos of the Old Testament and the tastes of ancient Rome, and including travel essays, polemics, memoirs, and poems, the book is divided into sections such as "Food Writing Through History," "At the Family Hearth," "Hunger Games: The Delight and Dread of Eating," "Kitchen Practices," and "Food Politics." Selections from writings by Julia Child, Anthony Bourdain, Bill Buford, Michael Pollan, Molly O'Neill, Calvin Trillin, and Adam Gopnik, along with works by authors not usually associated with gastronomy--Maxine Hong Kingston, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Hemingway, Chekhov, and David Foster Wallace--enliven and enrich this comprehensive anthology. "We are living in the golden age of food writing," proclaims Ruth Reichl in her preface to this savory banquet of literature, a must-have for any food lover. Eating Words shows how right she is."--Publisher's description.

"A glorious survey of food writing from the classical world to the present, "--NoveList.

Contents:

Food writing through history: from biblical taboos to sinclair's stockyards

At the family hearth: memory, identity, ethnicity

Hunger games: the delight and dread of eating

Kitchen practices: chefs, cooks, and tools of the trade

Cultural tales and tables: our diverse gastronomic ways

Food politics: disputes over the menu

Reading food writing: the language of taste.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780393239843

0393239845

OCLC:

902661371