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Eating as I Go: Scenes from America and Abroad
Doris Friedensohn
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Description for Eating as I Go: Scenes from America and Abroad
Paperback. What do we learn from eating? About ourselves? Others? Addressing such issues, in this memoir, the author takes eating as an occasion for inquiry. Her subjects range from Thanksgiving at a Middle Eastern restaurant to fried grasshoppers in Oaxaca. This is her distinctive combination of memoir, traveler's tale, and cultural commentary. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; WB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
What do we learn from eating? About ourselves? Others? In this unique memoir, Doris Friedensohn takes eating as an occasion for inquiry. Munching on quesadillas and kimchi in her suburban New Jersey neighborhood, she reflects on the meanings of cultural inclusion and what it means to our diverse nation. Enjoying couscous in Tunisia and khatchapuri (cheese bread) in the Republic of Georgia, she explores the ways strangers maintain their differences and come together. Friedensohn's subjects range from Thanksgiving at a Middle Eastern restaurant to fried grasshoppers in Oaxaca. Her wry dramas of the dining room, restaurant, market, and kitchen ripple ... Read more
What do we learn from eating? About ourselves? Others? In this unique memoir, Doris Friedensohn takes eating as an occasion for inquiry. Munching on quesadillas and kimchi in her suburban New Jersey neighborhood, she reflects on the meanings of cultural inclusion and what it means to our diverse nation. Enjoying couscous in Tunisia and khatchapuri (cheese bread) in the Republic of Georgia, she explores the ways strangers maintain their differences and come together. Friedensohn's subjects range from Thanksgiving at a Middle Eastern restaurant to fried grasshoppers in Oaxaca. Her wry dramas of the dining room, restaurant, market, and kitchen ripple ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813191645
SKU
V9780813191645
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About Doris Friedensohn
Doris Friedensohn is professor emerita of women's studies at New Jersey City University.
Reviews for Eating as I Go: Scenes from America and Abroad
Reads like a refreshing breeze redolent of delicious foods. - Betty Fussell, author of My Kitchen Wars