Description
Title: Breaking Bread: Essays from New England on Food, Hunger, and Family
Author: Deborah Joy Corey
ISBN: 9780807010860
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2022
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 320
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
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“More local color than a steamed lobster wearing wild blueberry bracelets, along with a mess of wistful nostalgia for any reader raised in Maine or New England.” —Portland Press Herald
Nearly 70 renowned New England writers gather round the table to talk food and how it sustains us–mind, body, and soulAn award-winning collection of essays by internationally recognized and beloved foodies, Breaking Bread celebrates local foods, family, and community, while exploring how what’s on our plates engages with what’s off: grief, pleasure, love, ethics, race, and class. Here, you’ll find reflections from top literary talents and food writers like
- Award-winning novelist
Lily King on connecting with her children over a tweaked chocolate chip cookie recipe - Pulitzer Prize recipient
Richard Russo on the Italian soup his mother snubbed that he came to enjoy - Coauthor of Mad Honey
Jennifer Finney Boylan on how cheese pizza holds her family together through the good and the bad - Coauthor of About Grief
Brian Shuff on how greasy takeout can be life-giving food for the grieving soul - Award-winning writer
Ron Currie on the childhood shame–and adult pride–of your mother being a “lunch lady” - Author and homesteader
Margaret Hathaway on building a community cookbook to bring food and family together in the early days of COVID-19
Other essays address a beloved childhood food from Iran, the horror of starving in a prison camp, and the urge to bake pot brownies for an ill friend. Rich and flavorful, Breaking Bread brings together some of the most influential voices in the literary and food worlds to show how we experience life through the foods we eat.
Proceeds from this collection will benefit Blue Angel, a Maine-based nonprofit founded by writer and Breaking Bread coeditor Deborah Joy Corey to combat hunger. The organization purchases food from local farmers and delivers it directly to families in need.
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