{"product_id":"small-fires-an-epic-in-the-kitchen-paperback","title":"Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca May Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD AND RECIPES ** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intense, thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking.\" -- Nigella Lawson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most original food books I've ever read, at once intelligent and sensuous, witty, provoking and truly delicious.\" -- Olivia Laing \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bracingly original, revelatory debut that explores cooking and the kitchen as sources of pleasure, constraint and revolution, by a rising star in food writing \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis joyful, revelatory work of memory and meditation both complicates and electrifies life in the kitchen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy do we cook? Is it just to feed ourselves and others? Or is there something more revolutionary going on? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSmall Fires\u003c\/i\u003e, Rebecca May Johnson reinvents cooking -- that simple act of rolling up our sleeves, wielding a knife, spattering red hot sauce on our books -- as a way of experiencing ourselves and the world. Cooking is thinking: about the liberating constraint of tying apron strings; the transformative dynamics of shared meals; the meaning of appetite and bodily pleasure; the wild subversiveness of the recipe, beyond words or control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall Fires\u003c\/i\u003e shows us the radical potential of the thing we do every day: the power of small fires burning everywhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe paperback edition includes a new afterword and recipes for Ten-Minute Tomatoes and Cream Pasta, Meatballs with Tomato and Tarragon Cream Sauce, plus other ideas for tomato and cream combinations and platings inspired by a visit to the archive of groundbreaking English food writer Elizabeth David.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca May Johnson has published essays, reviews and nonfiction with \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and Daunt Books Publishing, among others, and is an editor at the trailblazing food publication \u003ci\u003eVittles\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSmall Fires\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.72 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763846644000,"sku":"9781911590491","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/812f5c96ccd447fa05d994235ce59595.webp?v=1780240002","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/small-fires-an-epic-in-the-kitchen-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}