Eating Words: A Norton Anthology of Food Writing

By: Gilbert, Sandra M.

Book Overview

Edited by influential literary critic Sandra M. Gilbert and award-winning restaurant critic and professor of English Roger Porter, Eating Words gathers food writing of literary distinction and vast historical sweep into one groundbreaking volume. Beginning with the taboos of the Old Testament and the tastes of ancient Rome, and including travel essays, polemics, memoirs, and poems, the book is divided into sections such as "Food Writing Through History,"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393239845
• ISBN13: 9780393239843
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.6"