Eating as I Go: Scenes from America and Abroad

By: Doris Friedensohn

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Synopsis: &”In an engaging series of memoir essays&” the author traverses countries and friendships, &“examining the relationship between culture and food" (Library Journal). What do we learn from eating? About ourselves? Others? In this unique memoir of a life shaped by the pleasures of the table, Doris Friedensohn uses eating as an occasion for inquiry. Munching on quesadillas and kimchi in her suburban New Jersey neighborhood, she reflects on her exploration of food over fifty years and across four continents. Relishing couscous in Tunisia and khachapuri in the Republic of Georgia, she explores the ways strangers come together and maintain their differences through food. As a young woman, Friedensohn was determined not to be a provincial American. Chinese, French, Mexican, and Mediterranean cuisines beckoned to her like mysterious suitors, and each rendezvous with an unfamiliar food was a celebration of cosmopolitan living. Friedensohn's memories range from Thanksgiving at a Middle Eastern restaurant to the taste of fried grasshoppers in Oaxaca. Her wry dramas of the dining room, restaurant, market, and kitchen ripple with tensions—political, religious, psychological, and spiritual. Eating as I Go is one woman's distinctive mélange of memoir, traveler's tale, and cultural commentary.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 264 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780813137827
Related ISBNs:: 9780813124025
Publisher:: The University Press of Kentucky
Date of Addition:: 01/18/25
Copyrighted By:: The University Press of Kentucky
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs, Cooking, Food and Wine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.