Small Fires An Epic in the Kitchen Rebecca May Johnson Uncorrected proof

Description: Uncorrected proof published August 2022. 'An intense, thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking, which stayed with me long after I finished it' - Nigella LawsonCooking is thinking!The spatter of sauce in a pan, a cook's subtle deviation from a recipe, the careful labour of cooking for loved ones: these are not often the subjects of critical enquiry. Cooking, we are told, has nothing to do with serious thought; the path to intellectual fulfilment leads directly out of the kitchen.In this electrifying, innovative memoir, Rebecca May Johnson rewrites the kitchen as a vital source of knowledge and revelation. Drawing on insights from ten years spent thinking through cooking, she explores the radical openness of the recipe text, the liberating constraint of apron strings and the transformative intimacies of shared meals.Playfully dissolving the boundaries between abstract intellect and bodily pleasure, domesticity and politics, Johnson awakens us to the richness of cooking as a means of experiencing the self and the world - and to the revolutionary potential of the small fires burning in every kitchen.'One of the most original food books I've ever read, at once intelligent and sensuous, witty, provoking and truly delicious, a radical feast of flavours and ideas.' - Olivia Laing'A tender, electric, intimately transformative work' - Nina Mingya Powles

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Book Title: Small Fires an Epic in the Kitchen

Narrative Type: Fiction

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Original Language: English

Publication Year: 2022

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Author: Rebecca May Johnson

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Genre: Art & Culture, Biographies & True Stories, Environment, Nature & Earth, Family, Parenting & Relations, Leisure, Hobbies & Lifestyle, Mind, Body & Spirit, Modern & Contemporary, Personal & Professional Development, Philosophy, Politics & Society, Urban Fiction, Women's Fiction

Topic: Food, Food Writing, Kitchen, Memoir, Social Activists, Social Issues

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Number of Pages: 192