{"product_id":"the-bread-and-the-knife-book","title":"Bread and the Knife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"You'll wish the alphabet had more letters just so Dawn Drzal would keep on writing.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLaura Shapiro, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat She Ate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eJulia Child\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSomething from the Oven\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePerfection Salad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs it was for M. F. K. Fisher in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Gastronomical Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, food is more than a metaphor in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bread and the Knife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It is the organizing principle of an existence. Starting with \"A Is for Al Dente,\" the loosely linked chapters evoke an alphabet of food memories that recount a woman’s emotional growth from the challenges of youth to professional accomplishment, marriage, and divorce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetrayal is embodied in an overripe melon, her awakening in a Béarnaise sauce. Passion fruit juice portends the end of a first marriage, while tarte Tatin offers redemption. Each letter serves up a surprising variation on the struggle for self-knowledge, the joy and pain of familial and romantic love, and food’s astonishing ability to connect us with both the living and the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a chapter for every letter of the alphabet. Highlights include: A is for Al Dente, B is for Béarnaise, C is for Crab, D is for Dinner Party, K is for Kielbasa, L is for Lobster Roll, P is for Passion Fruit, Q is for Quail, T is for Tarte Tatin, V is for “Vegetarian, W is for White Truffles, Z is for Zucchini Blossoms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging from her grandmother's suburban kitchen to an elegant New York restaurant, a longhouse in Borneo, and a palace in Rajasthan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bread and the Knife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e charts the vicissitudes of a woman forced to swallow some hard truths about herself while discovering that the universe can dispense surprising second chances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes six recipes that run the gamut from \"Crepes Filled with Huitlacoche\" to her stepfather’s homely “Stromboli Stuffing,” including a couple that are more entertaining to read about than to prepare, like liquified olives with pimento.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graphic Image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50243493429441,"sku":"ZSS063UU9","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0354\/1483\/5244\/files\/RetailWebsiteImages_8_d6355cd5-be9a-40bf-99eb-e694f5f3df8a.jpg?v=1779112113","url":"https:\/\/etuhome.com\/products\/the-bread-and-the-knife-book","provider":"etúHOME","version":"1.0","type":"link"}