Small Fires (Rebecca May Johnson)

Staff Picks: Shall I tell you it’s a philosophical treatise? A reinterpretation of a classical epic poem? A feminist reclamation of domesticity? A memoir? Ummm....yes, yes, yesyesyes, and so much more. This is a book for a cerebral gourmand, an erudite cook who has memorized libraries of recipes; someone who emotes with pots and pans. - Genevieve  ** INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD AND RECIPES **“An intense, thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking.”  -- Nigella Lawson“One of the most original food books I’ve ever read, at once intelligent and sensuous, witty, provoking and truly delicious.”  -- Olivia LaingA bracingly original, revelatory debut that explores cooking and the kitchen as sources of pleasure, constraint and revolution, by a rising star in food writingThis joyful, revelatory work of memory and meditation both complicates and electrifies life in the kitchen.Why do we cook? Is it just to feed ourselves and others? Or is there something more revolutionary going