John Thorne and Matt Lewis Thorne live in Northampton, Massachusetts, where they publish the food letter Simple Cooking. Their book Pot on the Fire won a James Beard Foundation Book Award.
"This book --part cookbook, part essay collection, part campfire meditation on the joys of slow and simple cooking --occupies a rightful place among the world's celebrated culinary tomes." --Men's Journal
This is the type of cookbook an avid cook would like to curl up with and read from cover to cover on a cold winter's day. John Thorne, who publishes the quarterly newsletter Simple Cooking with Matt Lewis Thorne and who is author of a book with the same title ( LJ 9/15/87), has winnowed from this newsletter a tasty collection of essays and recipes. He discusses the historical background and regional derivatives for many dishes spanning the globe, and he includes many easy-to-prepare, flavorful recipes. The ``outlaw'' theme is drawn from Thorne's insistence that people use recipes only as a guideline and experiment heavily according to individual tastes. Thorne closes his book with a critique of the current culinary scene, expressing disdain for the hype and faddishness of contemporary cooking and urging a return to our gastronomic roots. An alternative approach to cookery worthy of selection by most public libraries.-- Michael A. Lutes, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib., Ind.
This book --part cookbook, part essay collection, part campfire meditation on the joys of slow and simple cooking --occupies a rightful place among the world's celebrated culinary tomes. --Men's Journal
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