Alone in the kitchen with an eggplant
July 27th, 2007
Yesterday in Oakland, I picked up Alone in the Kitchen with Eggplant to read during my long flight to New York. (It seemed like appropriate reading for the day the eggplant root source went out.) An anthology named after an essay by Laurie Colwin, it has entries from, among others, Haruki Murakami, Dan Chaon and Ann Patchett. I never got around to actually reading anything yesterday, but I’m going to start with Murakami’s essay on spaghetti. Has anybody read anything from it?
July 27th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
I haven’t read it but want to but if you go to Baking and Books, she has a review of it posted.
July 28th, 2007 at 7:26 am
I read the whole book. I loved it. A good assortment of funny and serious essays.
July 29th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Bought it today. Love it.
July 31st, 2007 at 12:11 am
I love it so far and I’ve only gotten through the introduction. I’m fairly enamored by the mere fact that Laurie Colwin’s daughter is one of the contributors… Do tell us what your thoughts are when you get more into it.
July 31st, 2007 at 7:14 am
Glad to hear the good reviews. (Baking and Books review is here. Thanks, Hilda.) Shuna, I’ll definitely report back with my thoughts.