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Pot on the Fire

Further Confessions of a Renegade Cook

Author: John Thorne with Matt Lewis Thorne

Pot on the Fire

Pot on the Fire

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Pot on the Fire is the latest collection from "the most enticingly serendipitous voice on the culinary front since Elizabeth David and M.F.K. Fisher" (Connoisseur). As the title...

Page Count
528
On Sale
04/01/2011

Book Details

Pot on the Fire is the latest collection from "the most enticingly serendipitous voice on the culinary front since Elizabeth David and M.F.K. Fisher" (Connoisseur). As the title suggests, it celebrates-and, in classic Thorne style, ponders, probes, and scrutinizes-a lifelong engagement with the elements of cooking, and elemental cooking from cioppino to kedgeree. John Thorne's curiosity ranges far and wide, from nineteenth-century famine-struck Ireland to the India of the British Raj, from the Italian cucina to the venerable American griddle. Whether on the trail of a mysterious Vietnamese sandwich ("Banh Mi and Me") or "The Best Cookies in the World," whether "Desperately Resisting Risotto" or discovering the perfect breakfast, Thorne is an erudite and intrepid guide who, in unveiling the gastronomic wonders of the world, also reveals us to ourselves.

Imprint Publisher

North Point Press

ISBN

9781429930451

In The News

“To think of Thorne as only a food writer is the same as considering Raymond Chandler just a mystery writer.” —Jim Harrison, Esquire

“Thorne's company is worth seeking. He comes across as an iconoclast without a mean streak, an amusing but serious searcher after culinary truths.” —William Rice, The Chicago Tribune

“John Thorne is simply the best writer about food in the country.” —Leo Lerman, Gourmet

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Pot on the Fire

Pot on the Fire

$11.99

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