{"product_id":"domesticity-a-gastronomic-interpretation-of-love-paperback","title":"Domesticity: A Gastronomic Interpretation of Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBob Shacochis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Shacochis, author of the critically acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Lost Her Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, and National Book Award winning-author of such books as \u003ci\u003eSwimming in the Volcano, Easy in the Islands\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Next New World\u003c\/i\u003e, hones his nonfiction skills in this tour de force romp through the worlds of eating and eroticism. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDomesticity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an irreverent exploration of the sweet and sour evolution of the enduring romance between author and lover. In this relationship, Shacochis stays at home and cooks, all the while reflecting on the ups and downs of a romantic partnership, the connection between heart and stomach, and how the crazed lust of youth evolves into inevitably settling down and, well, simply making dinner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShacochis's delectable musings on monogamy, emotional and physical separations, dogs, career changes, the stress of the holidays, the aesthetics of food, moving, sex and seafood, friendships, writings and the angst over who is going to do the dishes are deftly folded into seventy-five recipes, half of them of the author's own creation. Guilelessly hilarious, and ever entertaining, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDomesticity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of a life spent in proximity to the boiling point, a prose stew of audacious candor, a culinary valentine for lovers of literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Shacochis\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, essayist, journalist, and educator. A former contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eHarper's and Outside\u003c\/i\u003e, Shacochis currently teaches in the graduate writing programs at Bennington College and Florida State University. Among his works are the short story collections \u003ci\u003eEasy in the Islands\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Next New World\u003c\/i\u003e; the novel \u003ci\u003eSwimming in the Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eDomesticity\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays about food and love; \u003ci\u003eBetween Heaven and Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, a travel memoir of his journeys in the Himalaya; and, most recently, the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Lost Her Soul\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Immaculate Invasion\u003c\/i\u003e, about the 1994 military intervention in Haiti, was a finalist for the New Yorker Magazine Literary Awards and a New York Times Notable Book. Shacochis's work has received a National Book Award for First Fiction, the Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His op-ed commentaries on the U.S. military, Haiti, and Florida politics have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Florida and New Mexico with Ms. F. They have been together for thirty-eight years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771003011360,"sku":"9781595341914","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d8cbe588b42de0b258f2c05dbb5af0a7.webp?v=1780381706","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/domesticity-a-gastronomic-interpretation-of-love-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}