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The Table Comes First

Adam Gopnik

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English
Quercus
01 March 2013
The Table Comes First is at once a celebration of the rituals of eating - the scene of families, friends, lovers coming together, or breaking apart, the core of our memories - and an exploration of the extraordinary transformations that our notion of what makes food 'good' has undergone.

Taking the reader from the birth of the restaurant in 18th century France to the molecular Meccas of Barcelona The Table Comes First is the delightful beginning of a new conversation about the way we eat now.
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Imprint:   Quercus
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 217mm,  Width: 154mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   330g
ISBN:   9781849162876
ISBN 10:   1849162875
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
A Small Starter: Questions of Food. COMING TO THE TABLE: Who Made the Restaurant? What's the Recipe? E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell - Anchovies, Bacon, Lamb. CHOOSING AT THE TABLE: How Does Taste Happen? E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell - Lamb, Saffron, Cinnamon; Meat or Vegetables? E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell - Chicken, Pudding, Dogs; Near or Far? E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell - Salt, Pork, Mustard. TALKING AT THE TABLE: In Vino Veritas? E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell - Potatoes, Steak, Air; What Do We Write About When We Write About Food? What Do We Imagine When We Imagine Food? E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell - Rice, Milk, Sugar. LEAVING THE TABLE: Paris at Last; E-mail to Elizabeth Pennell - Salmon, Broccoli, Repentance; Endings; Last e-mail to Elizabeth Pennell . Reading on the Way Home.
Author Website:   http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adam-Gopnik/25314324510?sk=wall&filter=12

Adam Gopnik is the author of Angels and Ages, Paris to the Moon and Through the Children's Gate and is a contributor to the New Yorker. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

Reviews for The Table Comes First

'He may be the best food writer there is. He's certainly the most thoughtful - the most philosophical' Evening Standard. * Evening Standard * 'These are personal essays in the fullest sense of the word, sieving the big subjects of the book's subtitle - family, France, food - through one man's well-furnished mind' Guardian. * Guardian * 'His writing here is a high-glazed wonder' Kathryn Hughes, Guardian. * Guardian * 'Gopnik writes beautifully ... this is a lovely history of the way we think about all sorts of things' William Leith. * William Leith * 'Gopnik, a brilliant writer on the New Yorker, makes a passionate case for the centrality of the table to our lives, and the binding force of sitting down to the 'nightly miracle' of dinner' Sunday Times. * Sunday Times * 'Brilliant ... flamboyant and greedy' Independent. * Independent * 'Extraordinary' GQ. * GQ * 'He may be the best food writer there is. He's certainly the most thoughtful - the most philosophical' Evening Standard. * Evening Standard * 'Like the Argentinian [Lionel Messi], Gopnik is always worth watching' Telegraph. * Telegraph *


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