{"product_id":"9781911590491","title":"Small Fires : An Epic in the Kitchen by Rebecca May Johnson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BRACINGLY ORIGINAL, BOUNDARY BREAKING EXPLORATION OF COOKING AND THE KITCHEN, FROM A RISING STAR IN FOOD WRITING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A manifesto for reclaiming cooking as an intellectual... a brave, honest book'\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An intense thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking, which stayed with me long after I finished reading it' \u003cb\u003eNIGELLA LAWSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Rich in pleasure and revelation'\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e OBSERVER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall Fires\u003c\/i\u003e reinvents cooking - that simple act of rolling up our sleeves, wielding a knife, splattering red hot sauce on our books - as a way of experiencing ourselves and the world. Cooking is thinking: about the liberating constraint of tying apron strings; the meaning of appetite and bodily pleasure; the wild subversiveness of the recipe; the power of small fires burning everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFURTHER PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eSMALL FIRES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brave enough to hurt feelings, delicious enough for no one to care' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Smart, thoughtful, creative' \u003cb\u003eRuby Tandoh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Destined to become essential reading... Bold, beautiful, daring'\u003cb\u003e Rachel Roddy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Possesses an intellectual fleet footedness and exuberance akin to the writing of Deborah Levy or Rebecca Solnit'\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e I NEWS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I loved this genre-busting book. Shows that cooking can be a wild kind of magic' \u003cb\u003eBee Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Liberating... a new way to write about food' \u003cb\u003eJonathan Nunn \u003ci\u003eVittles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Revolutionary... wakes up the reader's senses'\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once relatable and mind-expanding' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVogue US\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most original food books I've ever read, at once intelligent and sensuous, witty, provoking and truly delicious'\u003cb\u003e Olivia Laing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tender, electric, intimately transformative' \u003cb\u003eNina Mingya Powles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43206289883314,"sku":"9781911590491","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781911590491_0f9a6856-bcec-403f-a134-caa3a1558373.jpg?v=1705310582","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781911590491","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}