Not for Bread Alone

ISBN: 9780061673825
Publication date: 01/01/2009

From Joyce Carol Oates to M.F.K. Fisher, Alice Waters to Charles Simic and Francine Prose, Not For Bread Alone brings together twenty-two writers to discuss eating as more than simple sustenance. As editor Daniel Halpern writes in his introduction, this collection is about \"Eating our slice of daily bread, but not for the intake of that slice alone.\" These writers capture the gestures, the celebrations, and the moments in which food, wine, and the act of eating transcend their initial purposes to become something much more. Their essays reveal the curiosity, romance, faith, and insight that can be as much a part of a meal as any of its edible ingredients; more so, they are windows into the eating lives of a handful of our greatest writers. This reissue is a perfect companion to Ecco's long list of cookbooks and food writing, as well as a culinary classic.

Author: HALPERN, DANIEL (ED)