Serious Pig: An American Cook in Search of His Roots

Thorne, John; Thorne, Matt Lewis

ISBN 10: 0865475024 / ISBN 13: 9780865475021

Published by North Point Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Serious Pig: An American Cook in Search of His Roots
• Publisher: North Point Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865475024
• ISBN 13: 9780865475021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

In this collection of essays, John Thorne sets our to explore the origins of his identity as a cook, going “here” (the Maine coast, where he’d summered as a child and returned as an adult for a decade’s sojourn), “there” (southern Louisiana, where he was captivated by Creole and Cajun cooking), and “everywhere” (where he provides a sympathetic reading of such national culinary icons as the hamburger, white bread, and American cheese, and sits down to a big bowl of Texas red). These intelligent, searching essays are a passionate meditation on food, character, and place.

About the Author

John Thorne and Matt Lewis Thorne live in Northampton, MA. They have published the food letter Simple Cooking for 20 years.