Eat joy : stories & comfort food from 31 celebrated writers

Book 2019

"This collection of intimate, illustrated essays by some of America's most well-regarded literary writers explores how comfort food can help us cope with dark times--be it the loss of a parent, the loneliness of a move, or the pain of heartache"--Amazon.

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ISBN:

9781936787791

Description:

ix, 194 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:

Essays and recipes
Each essay is accompanied with a recipe

Contents:

Growing pains. Leaves / Diana Abu-Jaber
Comfort with eggs / Laura van den Berg
The taste of consolation / Claire Messud
Long sleeves / Melissa Febos
Homesick at the outer edge of the world / Anthony Doerr
A brief recipe for happiness / Heather Sellers
Meals of my twenties / Carmen Maria Machado
Loss. Dessert / Colum McCann
General Tso / Lev Grossman
Friends, grief, and green chilies / Rosie Schaap
Sierra Leone, 1997 / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Sack lunch / Don Lee
Merenguitos / Chantel Acevedo
A grain of comfort / Edwidge Danticat
What I ate / Nick Flynn
Healing. Julia's stepchild / Emily Raboteau
Non-alcoholic food / Aaron Thier
Bake your fear / Rakesh Satyal
The sweet potato year / Jessica Soffer
The dinner / Darin Strauss
Minute rice and other miracles / Amitava Kumar
No Alzheimer's in India / Antoine Wilson
One sip at a time / Alissa Nutting
Homecoming. Dark leaves and warm milk / Mira Jacob
Cleanse / Alexander Chee
Calculated destruction / Porochista Khakpour
Depression pancakes / Maile Meloy
Authentic African cooking / Jeffery Renard Allen
Grief pickles / Kristen Iskandrian
Spaghetti and books / Beth (Bich Minh) Nguyen
The boudin trail / Natalie Baszile

LCCN:

2018967674

Control Number:

2815470

Other Authors:

Garrett, Natalie Eve, editor
Rowin, Meryl, illustrator

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