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Blue plate special : an autobiography of my appetites
- Title
- Blue plate special : an autobiography of my appetites / Kate Christensen.
- Author
- Christensen, Kate, 1962-
- Publication
- New York : Doubleday, [2013]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 13-4749 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 353 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "In the tradition of M.F.K. Fisher, Laurie Colwin, and Ruth Reichl, [this book] is a narrative in which food--eating it, cooking it, reflecting on it--becomes the vehicle for unpacking a life. Christensen explores her history of hunger--not just for food but for love and confidence and a sense of belonging--with a profound honesty, starting with her unorthodox childhood in 1960s Berkeley as the daughter of a mercurial legal activist who ruled the house with his fists"--Dust jacket flap.
- A mouthwatering literary memoir about an unusual upbringing and the long, winding path to happiness. For Christensen, food and eating have always been powerful connectors to self and world. In this passionate feast of a memoir she reflects upon her journey of innocence lost and wisdom gained, mistakes made and lessons learned, and hearts broken and mended. And food-- eating it, cooking it, reflecting on it-- becomes the vehicle for unpacking a life.
- Alternative Title
- Autobiography of my appetites
- Subject
- Contents
- Prologue -- Berkeley -- Wildermuth -- San Miguel -- Verde Valley and Spring Valley -- France -- Upstate, Oregon, Iowa -- New York -- Williamsburg and Greenpoint -- Monitor Street -- New England.
- Call Number
- JFD 13-4749
- ISBN
- 9780385536264 (hbk.)
- 0385536267 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012048556
- OCLC
- 823860695
- Author
- Christensen, Kate, 1962-
- Title
- Blue plate special : an autobiography of my appetites / Kate Christensen.
- Publisher
- New York : Doubleday, [2013]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFD 13-4749