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First, Catch - Study of a Spring Meal (Hardcover)
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First, Catch - Study of a Spring Meal (Hardcover)
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List price R598
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Discovery Miles 5 520
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Praised in Britain as a return to a forgotten tradition of literary
food writing, a delectable and surprising celebration of cooking
through the story of an early spring meal First, Catch is a
cookbook without recipes, an invitation to journey through the
digressive mind of a chef at work, and a hymn to a singular
nine-dish festive spring lunch. In Eagle's kitchen, open shelves
reveal colorful jars of vegetables pickling over the course of
months, and a soffrito of onions, celery, and carrots cook slowly
under a watchful gaze in a skillet heavy enough to double as a
murder weapon. Eagle has both the sharp eye of a food scientist as
he tries to identify the seventeen unique steps of boiling water,
as well as of that of a roving food historian as he ponders what
the spice silphium tasted like to the Romans, who over-ate it to
worldwide extinction. He is a tour guide to the world of
ingredients, a culinary explorer, and thoughtful commentator on the
ways immigration, technology, and fashion has changed the way we
eat. He is also a food philosopher, asking the question: at what
stage does cooking begin? Is it when we begin to apply heat or acid
to ingredients? Is it when we gather and arrange what we will
cook--and perhaps start to salivate? Or does it start even earlier,
in the wandering late-morning thought, "What should I eat for
lunch?" Irreverent and charming, yet also illuminating and
brilliantly researched, First, Catch encourages us to slow down and
focus on what it means to cook. With this astonishing and beautiful
book, Thom Eagle joins the ranks of great food writers like M.F.K.
Fisher, Alice Waters, and Samin Nosrat in offering us inspiration
to savor, both in and out of the kitchen.
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