title: Books That Cook: The Making of a Literary Meal
author: Melissa Goldthwaite
description: <em>Books ThatCook</em>offers a delicious collection of contemporary American writing that treats the human condition in relation to food, eating, and cooking. Food serves as a powerful hook into conversations about class, ethnicity, gender, politics, and aesthetics; this collections juxtaposition of cookbook and story, poem, or essay makes that conversation possible.-Scott Miller,Director, Sonoma State Writing Center<br /><br />"With much to be savored, this collection shows the ways that poetry, prose, and fiction can act just as cookbooks domoving their readers to bake, to roast, to sear and saut. Cookbooks really docook: they act in everyday life, are read and re-read, are dog-eared and oil-stained, their pages rumpled by errant splashes of water and tomato sauce. The same, I suspect, may happen with thisbook.<em>Books ThatCook</em> belongs not on the nightstand in the bedroom, or on the bookshelf in the office, but on the counter in the kitchen!"-Daniel J. Philippon,University of Minnesota<br /><br />"The volume includes poems, stories, and essays, along with recipes, and some of each are original. There are beloved bits, too, from Laurie Colwins classic piece on three repulsive meals to Maya Angelous caramel cake. The perfect gift for your summer hostess who loves to read, cook, and consider."-<i>Washingtonian.com<i><br /><br />"The perfect book to accompany a meal, this anthology also contains recipes ideal for literary discussions. The editors, both professors of English and writing, have sifted contemporary American literature for poems, essays, and fiction in which food plays a prominent role. The pieces theyve gathered use dishes as touchstones for exploring culture, ethnicity, and more."-<i>Politics and Prose</i><br /><br />"I hadn't considered that cookbooks are a form of literature before, but I'm sure thinking about it now. It explains why I hate to cook but I love reading cookbooks...It's a lovely book for any foodie or for anyone with an interest in how we write and talk about food."-<i>Smart Bitches, Trashy Books<i><br /><br />"This delightful collection of prose, poetry, and essays, all introduced by excerpts from important, American cookbooks dating back to the 1700s, explores the way food reflects and creates culture. An important addition to the study of gastronomy, it features the work of such contemporary authors as Maya Angelou, Nora Ephron, and Alice Waters, and is organized like a cookbook with each section including at least one delectable recipe.-<i>Ms. Magazine</i><br /><br />"An observation made by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor in <em>Books that Cook</em> explains the broad appeal of this enjoyable collection of contemporary American writing about food: 'Everybody eats!' As the anthology also shows, however, cooking and eating are shaped by society, culture and individual needs more than by simple nutrition."-<i>TLS<i><br /><br />"<em>Books that Cook</em>, an ingenious collection of food-themed American writing, is organized like a meal, from starters to dessert.No matter what your food or reading preferences are, youll find something delectable in<em>Books that Cook</em>.-<i>Southern Maryland Magazine</i><br /><br />Because food anchors our humanity in the ways that it is consumed, circulated, produced and represented, <em>Books that Cook</em> is a delicious, accessible, and versatile contribution to the growing field of food studies, particularly as it relates to issues of history, memory, and identity.-<i>Blog of the American Studies Journal<i><br /><br />"This book is a collection of stories, memories, literature, and poetry of food and cooking. With various writers and chefs sharing their experiences with and thoughts on food, this book takes the reader into the world of food literature and food sociology. . . . The work is one a reader could happily read cover to cover, or, as with a good meal, savor one piece at a time. . . . This book will delight foodies, food historians, anthropologists, cookbook enthusiasts, and any literature fans who like to eat."-<i>Library Journal<i>
  						    	
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  The Project Gutenberg EBook of Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six,
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  Title: Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six  
  
  
    
  
  
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