Reviews
A who's-who of every artistic mind you're a fan of, all sharing deliciously intimate stories and even recipes, so you can literally ingest some of this book's brilliance. Michelle Tea, author, How to Grow Up
A who's-who of every artistic mind you're a fan of, all sharing deliciously intimate stories and even recipes, so you can literally ingest some of this book's brilliance. Michelle Tea, author, How to Grow Up The culinary and the literary are my two greatest loves, so Natalie Eve Garrett s The Artists & Writers Cookbook could not have been more thrilling for me. We may not have the Marcel Duchamp and Marianne Moore entries of the 1961 original, but I dare say we have an even more eclectic, adventurous, wondrous assemblage of writers and artists and what they did, can, or wish they could do in a kitchen. You ll get lost in Yiyun Li s 'Hope in a Shell, ' a poignant essay about rations in Beijing of the 70s, only to end up in a recipe for good ol scrambled eggs; you ll learn of pizza s American roots as 'Trenton Tomato Pie' thanks to Jane Smiley; and you ll even get the best description of my favorite Persian food, Kamrooz Aram s 'The Distinctive Melancholy of Ghormeh Sabzi!' And of course, don t dare skim those entries made to feed only your imagination, like T.C. Boyle s uncanny 'Baked Camel' or Aimee Bender s dystopian 'Another Stone Soup.' No matter where you poke around in the book, Garrett s collection is a delightful mix of utility and whimsy, a classic cookbook as much as a deliciously voyeuristic journey into the other most personal thing all writers and artists at least attempt to create whether expert chefs, like Ruth Reichl, or self-proclaimed novices like Rick Moody. Very rarely have I found writing so consistently charming, or a book so unwaveringly lovable! This is an instant classic that all of us, readers and eaters that we are, have no choice but to absolutely adore. Porochista Khakpour, author of The Last Illusion and Sons and Other Flammable Objects
[The] book tells a collective story about more than just how to prepare food. It tells the story of what it sometimes means to be human: hungry, heartbroken and hopeful. --Los Angeles Times The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook is far from anything traditional and that's exactly what makes it so inspiring. There are proper ingredients and measurement listings, yes, but more important are the imaginative, artful narratives conjured up around everyday foods. --Vogue The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook, Natalie Eve Garrett's imaginative and beautiful new compilation, is a goldmine . . . It's one of the most exciting, poignant, and eclectic 'cookbooks' I've come across in a long time maybe ever. --MarthaStewart [The] recipes . . . are insightful and surprising with stories that mix art-making, writing, and cooking. Each ingredient in a soup, color used in an illustration, and word modifying a sentence provides a trace of deep-seated emotional experience. --The Guardian Perhaps because food is so inseparable from our creaturely existence, undergirding these culinary curations are reflections--sometimes rapturous, sometimes poignant, often redemptive, always deeply humane--on life's most inescapable commonalities: love, grief, growing up, the messy, unhandsome, absolutely beautiful journey of becoming who we are. --Brainpickings This is no mere cookbook . . . [It contains] narratives as delightful to your literary palette as the recipes are to your culinary one. --Nylon What we eat is emblematic of who we are, where we come from, and what matters most to us. This is the basic and delicious premise behind The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook. --The Kitchn [A] new gem of a book. . . . What makes [it] especially endearing are the common themes that run through recipes, from happy and sad memories of childhood, to the comforts of home and family, to reflections on romance, heartbreak, grief, and even disaster. --Artnet In this lovely new book, Garrett--herself an artist and writer--has collected stories and recipes from a quirky selection of dozens of writers and artists. The authors here have scavenged their pasts, their families, their relationships, and their personal tragedies. They give us stuff to eat, too. --Epicurious Do you like eating? Do you like whimsical, beautifully-illustrated recipes written by your favorite novelists, cartoonists and other creative geniuses? Then The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook is for you. --Lenny Letter A collection of juicy and impassioned stories with colorfully illustrated recipes. --Rookie Readers [are] sure to appreciate the thoughtful curation of this most unusual cookbook. --Publishers Weekly [The] book provides an enthralling look into the lives and creative processes--via the food they cook and consume--of everyone from Anthony Doerr and Joyce Carol Oates to Ed Ruscha and Marina Abramovic. -- VICE / Munchies Taking its inspiration from a 1961 book of the same title, Garrett's collection is anything but a traditional cookbook. Instead, it's a gustatory diary . . . travers[ing] an emotional spectrum that uses the personal to consistently point outwards. --Brooklyn Magazine Very rarely have I found writing so consistently charming, or a book so unwaveringly lovable! This is an instant classic that all of us, readers and eaters that we are, have no choice but to absolutely adore. --Porochista Khakpour, author, The Last Illusion and Sons and Other Flammable Objects Proust knew what was what: Food is rarely just a meal, and memories are made over plates, in front of stoves, at tables, and, of course, in the mouth. This is a book of the best gustatory recollections--great writers and artists offering us their own personal madeleines. It's a delicious 76-course literary meal. --Darin Strauss, author, Half a Life and Chang & Eng The joy of Natalie Eve Garrett's charming cookbook isn't just in the recipes, it's in the personal vignettes attached to each dish--altogether funny, heartbreaking, and redeeming--from some of our most beloved writers and artists. Inside, you'll find recipes to be recreated, but more importantly, stories to be treasured. This is a book that belongs on your kitchen shelf as well as on your bedside table. --Kevin Pang, James Beard Award-winning food writer A who's-who of every artistic mind you're a fan of, all sharing deliciously intimate stories and even recipes, so you can literally ingest some of this book's brilliance. --Michelle Tea, author, Black Wave and How to Grow Up This book is the most rewarding and nourishing of Venn diagrams: story and food. Trust me--you will never see more beautifully-crafted, heartbreaking, or provocative first sentences in recipes; this is a cookbook that was meant to be read. I never knew I wanted Padgett Powell's gumbo recipe, or to read Sharon Olds' early ideas about food--but I did. You will find yourself in the night kitchen with Leanne Shapton and remote cabins with Anthony Doerr, reading rituals of healing and joy. --Megan Mayhew Bergman, author, Almost Famous Women and Birds of a Lesser Paradise The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook has the two best things: great writing and great food. In Natalie Eve Garrett's careful hands, neither one outshines or unbalances the other, and combined, they make for a smart, delicious, well-rounded book that you'll want to give to anyone who likes to read and eat or eat and read. --Jessica Soffer, author, Tomorrow There Will be Apricots The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook gives the reader the distinctly wonderful feeling of hanging out in the kitchen with some of the most interesting people writing and creating art today. Even if you're not a cook, this gorgeous book is a joy--you'll want to read it cover to cover. --Gabi Moskowitz, author, The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook, producer of Young & Hungry on Freeform AS SEEN IN: The New York Times, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Bon Appetit, Garden & Gun, Teen Vogue, Hyperallergic, Sweet Paul Magazine, Lucky Peach, HelloGiggles, BLOUIN ARTINFO, Marie Claire Italia, Edible Brooklyn, Edible Manhattan, Edible DC, Brit + Co, The New Food Economy, BravoTV.com, The Hairpin, Tasting Table, Literary Hub, VICE / The Creators Project, Southern Foodways, Open Culture, Artsy
What makes this book unique is also what makes it a success. The recipes are intimately connected to each artist s or writer s short story, poem or essay, and as a result the book tells a collective story about more than just how to prepare food. It tells the story of what it sometimes means to be human: hungry, heartbroken and hopeful. <i><b>Los Angeles Times</b></i> <i>The Artists and Writers Cookbook</i>is far from anything traditional and that s exactly what makes it so inspiring. There are proper ingredients and measurement listings, yes, but more important are the imaginative, artful narratives conjured up around everyday foods. <b>Vogue.com</b> <i> The Artists and Writers Cookbook</i>, Natalie Eve Garrett s imaginative and beautiful new compilation, is a goldmine. . . . It's one of the most exciting, poignant, and eclectic 'cookbooks' I've come across in a long time maybe ever. <b>MarthaStewart.com</b> [The] recipes . . . are insightful and surprising with stories that mix art-making, writing, and cooking. Each ingredient in a soup, color used in an illustration, and word modifying a sentence provides a trace of deep-seated emotional experience. <i><b>The Guardian</b></i> Perhaps because food is so inseparable from our creaturely existence, undergirding these culinary curations are reflections sometimes rapturous, sometimes poignant, often redemptive, always deeply humane on life s most inescapable commonalities: love, grief, growing up, the messy, unhandsome, absolutely beautiful journey of becoming who we are. <b>Brainpickings</b> This is no mere cookbook . . . [it contains] narratives as delightful to your literary palette as the recipes are to your culinary one. <b>Nylon.com What we eat is emblematic of who we are, where we come from, and what matters most to us. This is the basic and delicious premise behind <i>The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook</i>. <b><b>The Kitchn</b> </b> <b> [A] new gem of a book. . . . What makes [it] especially endearing are the common themes that run through recipes, from happy and sad memories of childhood, to the comforts of home and family, to reflections on romance, heartbreak, grief, and even disaster. <b>Artnet</b> In this lovely new book, Garrett herself an artist and writer has collected stories and recipes from a quirky selection of dozens of writers and artists. The authors here have scavenged their pasts, their families, their relationships, and their personal tragedies. They give us stuff to eat, too. <b>Epicurious</b> Do you like eating? Do you like whimsical, beautifully-illustrated recipes written by your favorite novelists, cartoonists and other creative geniuses? Then<i>The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook</i>is for you. <b>Lenny Letter</b> A collection of juicy and impassioned stories with colorfully illustrated recipes. <b>Rookie</b> <b> Readers [are] sure to appreciate the thoughtful curation of this most unusual cookbook. <b>Publishers Weekly [The] book provides an enthralling look into the lives and creative processes via the food they cook and consume of everyone from Anthony Doerr and Joyce Carol Oates to Ed Ruscha and Marina Abramovi . <b> </b> <b> <b>VICE / Munchies</b> Taking its inspiration from a 1961 book of the same title, Garrett s collection is anything but a traditional cookbook. Instead, it s a gustatory diary . . . travers[ing] an emotional spectrum that uses the personal to consistently point outwards. <b>B<b><b>rooklyn Magazine</b> </b> Very rarely have I found writing so consistently charming, or a book so unwaveringly lovable! This is an instant classic that all of us, readers and eaters that we are, have no choice but to absolutely adore. <b>Porochista Khakpour, </b>author, <i>The Last Illusion</i>and<i>Sons </i>and<i> Other Flammable Objects</i> Proust knew what was what: Food is rarely just a meal, and memories are made over plates, in front of stoves, at tables, and, of course, in the mouth.This is abook of the best gustatory recollections great writers and artists offering us their own personal madeleines. It's a delicious 76-course literary meal. <b>Darin Strauss, </b>author, <i>Half a LifeandChang & Eng The joy of Natalie Eve Garrett's charming cookbook isn't just in the recipes, it's in the personal vignettes attached to each dish altogether funny, heartbreaking, and redeeming from some of our most beloved writers and artists. Inside, you'll find recipes to be recreated, but more importantly, stories to be treasured. This is a book that belongs on your kitchen shelf as well as on your bedside table. <b>Kevin Pang, </b>James Beard Award-winning food writer<i> A who's-who of every artistic mind you're a fan of, all sharing deliciously intimate stories and even recipes, so you can literally ingest some of this book's brilliance. <i> <b>Michelle Tea, </b>author, <i>Black Wave</i>and<i>How to Grow Up This book is the most rewarding and nourishing of Venn diagrams: story and food. Trust me you will never see more beautifully-crafted, heartbreaking, or provocative first sentences in recipes; this is a cookbook that was meant to be read. I never knew I wanted Padgett Powell's gumbo recipe, or to read Sharon Olds' early ideas about food but I did. You will find yourself in the night kitchen with Leanne Shapton and remote cabins with Anthony Doerr, reading rituals of healing and joy. <b>Megan Mayhew Bergman</b>, author, <i>Almost Famous Women</i>and<i>Birds of a Lesser Paradise</i> <i>The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook</i>has the two best things: great writing and great food. In Natalie Eve Garrett's careful hands, neither one outshines or unbalances the other, and combined, they make for a smart, delicious, well-rounded book that you'll want to give to anyone who likes to read and eat or eat and read. <b>Jessica Soffer, </b>author, <i>TomorrowThere Will be Apricots</i> <i>The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook</i>gives the reader the distinctly wonderful feeling of hanging out in the kitchen with some of the most interesting people writing and creating art today. Even if you're not a cook, this gorgeous book is a joy you'll want to read it cover to cover. <b>Gabi Moskowitz, </b>author, <i>The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook</i>, producer of Young & Hungry on Freeform AS SEEN IN: <b><i>The New York Times</i>, <i>Bon Appetit, Garden & Gun, Teen Vogue</i>, Hyperallergic, <i>Sweet Paul Magazine, </i><i>Lucky Peach</i>, HelloGiggles, BLOUIN ARTINFO, <i>Marie Claire Italia</i>, Edible Brooklyn, Edible Manhattan, Edible DC, Brit + Co, The New Food Economy, BravoTV.com, The Hairpin, Tasting Table, Literary Hub, VICE / The Creators Project, Southern Foodways, Open Culture, Artsy</b>
<i>The Artists and Writers Cookbook</i>is far from anything traditional and that s exactly what makes it so inspiring. There are proper ingredients and measurement listings, yes, but more important are the imaginative, artful narratives conjured up around everyday foods. <b>Vogue.com</b> In this lovely new book, Garrett herself an artist and writer has collected stories and recipes from a quirky selection of dozens of writers and artists. The authors here have scavenged their pasts, their families, their relationships, and their personal tragedies. They give us stuff to eat, too. <b>Epicurious</b> [The] recipes . . . are insightful and surprising with stories that mix art-making, writing, and cooking. Each ingredient in a soup, color used in an illustration, and word modifying a sentence provides a trace of deep-seated emotional experience. <b>The Guardian</b> [A] new gem of a book. . . . What makes [it] especially endearing are the common themes that run through recipes, from happy and sad memories of childhood, to the comforts of home and family, to reflections on romance, heartbreak, grief, and even disaster. <b> Artnet</b> Perhaps because food is so inseparable from our creaturely existence, undergirding these culinary curations are reflections sometimes rapturous, sometimes poignant, often redemptive, always deeply humane on life s most inescapable commonalities: love, grief, growing up, the messy, unhandsome, absolutely beautiful journey of becoming who we are. <b>Brainpickings</b> Do you like eating? Do you like whimsical, beautifully-illustrated recipes written by your favorite novelists, cartoonists and other creative geniuses? Then<i>The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook</i>is for you. In addition to being delightful to read, it's pretty enough to sit atop your coffee table, inviting guests to flip through and imagine eating a meal with Julia Alvarez or Edwidge Danticat. <b>Lenny Letter</b> <b> A collection of juicy and impassioned stories with colorfully illustrated recipes. <b>Rookie</b> What we eat is emblematic of who we are, where we come from, and what matters most to us. This is the basic and delicious premise behind<i>The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook</i>. <b>The Kitchn Readers [are] sure to appreciate the thoughtful curation of this most unusual cookbook. <b>Publishers Weekly Very rarely have I found writing so consistently charming, or a book so unwaveringly lovable! This is an instant classic that all of us, readers and eaters that we are, have no choice but to absolutely adore. <b>Porochista Khakpour, </b>author, <i>The Last Illusion</i>and<i>Sons </i>and<i> Other Flammable Objects</i> Proust knew what was what: Food is rarely just a meal, and memories are made over plates, in front of stoves, at tables, and, of course, in the mouth.This is abook of the best gustatory recollections great writers and artists offering us their own personal madeleines. It's a delicious 76-course literary meal. <b>Darin Strauss, </b>author, <i>Half a LifeandChang & Eng The joy of Natalie Eve Garrett's charming cookbook isn't just in the recipes, it's in the personal vignettes attached to each dish altogether funny, heartbreaking, and redeeming from some of our most beloved writers and artists. Inside, you'll find recipes to be recreated, but more importantly, stories to be treasured. This is a book that belongs on your kitchen shelf as well as on your bedside table. <b>Kevin Pang, </b>James Beard Award-winning food writer<i> A who's-who of every artistic mind you're a fan of, all sharing deliciously intimate stories and even recipes, so you can literally ingest some of this book's brilliance. <i> <b>Michelle Tea, </b>author, <i>Black Wave</i>and<i>How to Grow Up This book is the most rewarding and nourishing of Venn diagrams: story and food. Trust me you will never see more beautifully-crafted, heartbreaking, or provocative first sentences in recipes; this is a cookbook that was meant to be read. I never knew I wanted Padgett Powell's gumbo recipe, or to read Sharon Olds' early ideas about food but I did. You will find yourself in the night kitchen with Leanne Shapton and remote cabins with Anthony Doerr, reading rituals of healing and joy. <b>Megan Mayhew Bergman</b>, author, <i>Almost Famous Women</i>and<i>Birds of a Lesser Paradise</i> The Artists' and Writers' Cookbookhas the two best things: great writing and great food. In Natalie Eve Garrett's careful hands, neither one outshines or unbalances the other, and combined, they make for a smart, delicious, well-rounded book that you'll want to give to anyone who likes to read and eat or eat and read. <b>Jessica Soffer, </b>author, <i>TomorrowThere Will be Apricots</i> The Artists' and Writers' Cookbookgives the reader the distinctly wonderful feeling of hanging out in the kitchen with some of the most interesting people writing and creating art today. Even if you're not a cook, this gorgeous book is a joy you'll want to read it cover to cover. <b>Gabi Moskowitz, </b>author, <i>The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook</i>, producer of Young & Hungry on Freeform AS SEEN IN: <b>bonappetit.com, Southern Foodways, Hyperallergic, BLOUIN ARTINFO, Teen Vogue, Marie Claire Italia, Edible Brooklyn, The New Food Economy, Lucky Peach, The Hairpin, Brit + Co, BravoTV.com, Literary Hub</b>
"""[The] book tells a collective story about more than just how to prepare food. It tells the story of what it sometimes means to be human: hungry, heartbroken and hopeful."" --Los Angeles Times ""The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook is far from anything traditional and that's exactly what makes it so inspiring. There are proper ingredients and measurement listings, yes, but more important are the imaginative, artful narratives conjured up around everyday foods."" --Vogue ""The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook, Natalie Eve Garrett's imaginative and beautiful new compilation, is a goldmine . . . It's one of the most exciting, poignant, and eclectic 'cookbooks' I've come across in a long time―maybe ever."" --MarthaStewart ""[The] recipes . . . are insightful and surprising―with stories that mix art-making, writing, and cooking. Each ingredient in a soup, color used in an illustration, and word modifying a sentence provides a trace of deep-seated emotional experience."" --The Guardian ""Perhaps because food is so inseparable from our creaturely existence, undergirding these culinary curations are reflections--sometimes rapturous, sometimes poignant, often redemptive, always deeply humane--on life's most inescapable commonalities: love, grief, growing up, the messy, unhandsome, absolutely beautiful journey of becoming who we are."" --Brainpickings ""This is no mere cookbook . . . [It contains] narratives as delightful to your literary palette as the recipes are to your culinary one."" --Nylon ""What we eat is emblematic of who we are, where we come from, and what matters most to us. This is the basic and delicious premise behind The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook."" --The Kitchn ""[A] new gem of a book. . . . What makes [it] especially endearing are the common themes that run through recipes, from happy and sad memories of childhood, to the comforts of home and family, to reflections on romance, heartbreak, grief, and even disaster."" --Artnet ""In this lovely new book, Garrett--herself an artist and writer--has collected stories and recipes from a quirky selection of dozens of writers and artists. The authors here have scavenged their pasts, their families, their relationships, and their personal tragedies. They give us stuff to eat, too."" --Epicurious ""Do you like eating? Do you like whimsical, beautifully-illustrated recipes written by your favorite novelists, cartoonists and other creative geniuses? Then The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook is for you."" --Lenny Letter ""A collection of juicy and impassioned stories with colorfully illustrated recipes."" --Rookie ""Readers [are] sure to appreciate the thoughtful curation of this most unusual cookbook."" --Publishers Weekly ""[The] book provides an enthralling look into the lives and creative processes--via the food they cook and consume--of everyone from Anthony Doerr and Joyce Carol Oates to Ed Ruscha and Marina Abramovic."" -- VICE / Munchies ""Taking its inspiration from a 1961 book of the same title, Garrett's collection is anything but a traditional cookbook. Instead, it's a gustatory diary . . . travers[ing] an emotional spectrum that uses the personal to consistently point outwards."" --Brooklyn Magazine ""Very rarely have I found writing so consistently charming, or a book so unwaveringly lovable! This is an instant classic that all of us, readers and eaters that we are, have no choice but to absolutely adore."" --Porochista Khakpour, author, The Last Illusion and Sons and Other Flammable Objects ""Proust knew what was what: Food is rarely just a meal, and memories are made over plates, in front of stoves, at tables, and, of course, in the mouth. This is a book of the best gustatory recollections--great writers and artists offering us their own personal madeleines. It's a delicious 76-course literary meal."" --Darin Strauss, author, Half a Life and Chang & Eng ""The joy of Natalie Eve Garrett's charming cookbook isn't just in the recipes, it's in the personal vignettes attached to each dish--altogether funny, heartbreaking, and redeeming--from some of our most beloved writers and artists. Inside, you'll find recipes to be recreated, but more importantly, stories to be treasured. This is a book that belongs on your kitchen shelf as well as on your bedside table."" --Kevin Pang, James Beard Award-winning food writer ""A who's-who of every artistic mind you're a fan of, all sharing deliciously intimate stories and even recipes, so you can literally ingest some of this book's brilliance."" --Michelle Tea, author, Black Wave and How to Grow Up ""This book is the most rewarding and nourishing of Venn diagrams: story and food. Trust me--you will never see more beautifully-crafted, heartbreaking, or provocative first sentences in recipes; this is a cookbook that was meant to be read. I never knew I wanted Padgett Powell's gumbo recipe, or to read Sharon Olds' early ideas about food--but I did. You will find yourself in the night kitchen with Leanne Shapton and remote cabins with Anthony Doerr, reading rituals of healing and joy."" --Megan Mayhew Bergman, author, Almost Famous Women and Birds of a Lesser Paradise ""The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook has the two best things: great writing and great food. In Natalie Eve Garrett's careful hands, neither one outshines or unbalances the other, and combined, they make for a smart, delicious, well-rounded book that you'll want to give to anyone who likes to read and eat or eat and read."" --Jessica Soffer, author, Tomorrow There Will be Apricots ""The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook gives the reader the distinctly wonderful feeling of hanging out in the kitchen with some of the most interesting people writing and creating art today. Even if you're not a cook, this gorgeous book is a joy--you'll want to read it cover to cover."" --Gabi Moskowitz, author, The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook, producer of ""Young & Hungry"" on Freeform AS SEEN IN: The New York Times, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Bon App�tit, Garden & Gun, Teen Vogue, Hyperallergic, Sweet Paul Magazine, Lucky Peach, HelloGiggles, BLOUIN ARTINFO, Marie Claire Italia, Edible Brooklyn, Edible Manhattan, Edible DC, Brit + Co, The New Food Economy, BravoTV.com, The Hairpin, Tasting Table, Literary Hub, VICE / The Creators Project, Southern Foodways, Open Culture, Artsy"
A who's-who of every artistic mind you're a fan of, all sharing deliciously intimate stories and even recipes, so you can literally ingest some of this book's brilliance. Michelle Tea, author, How to Grow Up The culinary and the literary are my two greatest loves, so Natalie Eve Garrett s The Artists & Writers Cookbook could not have been more thrilling for me. We may not have the Marcel Duchamp and Marianne Moore entries of the 1961 original, but I dare say we have an even more eclectic, adventurous, wondrous assemblage of writers and artists and what they did, can, or wish they could do in a kitchen. You ll get lost in Yiyun Li s 'Hope in a Shell, ' a poignant essay about rations in Beijing of the 70s, only to end up in a recipe for good ol scrambled eggs; you ll learn of pizza s American roots as 'Trenton Tomato Pie' thanks to Jane Smiley; and you ll even get the best description of my favorite Persian food, Kamrooz Aram s 'The Distinctive Melancholy of Ghormeh Sabzi!' And of course, don t dare skim those entries made to feed only your imagination, like T.C. Boyle s uncanny 'Baked Camel' or Aimee Bender s dystopian 'Another Stone Soup.' No matter where you poke around in the book, Garrett s collection is a delightful mix of utility and whimsy, a classic cookbook as much as a deliciously voyeuristic journey into the other most personal thing all writers and artists at least attempt to create whether expert chefs, like Ruth Reichl, or self-proclaimed novices like Rick Moody. Very rarely have I found writing so consistently charming, or a book so unwaveringly lovable! This is an instant classic that all of us, readers and eaters that we are, have no choice but to absolutely adore. Porochista Khakpour, author, The Last Illusion and Sons and Other Flammable Objects Proust knew what was what: Food is rarely just a meal, and memories are made over plates, in front of stoves, at tables, and, of course, in the mouth.This is abook of the best gustatory recollections great writers and artists offering us their own personal madeleines. It's a delicious 76-course literary meal. Darin Strauss, author, Half a Life and Chang & Eng This book is the most rewarding and nourishing of Venn diagrams: story and food. Trust me you will never see more beautifully-crafted, heartbreaking, or provocative first sentences in recipes; this is a cookbook that was meant to be read. I never knew I wanted Padgett Powell's gumbo recipe, or to read Sharon Olds' early ideas about food but I did. You will find yourself in the night kitchen with Leanne Shapton and remote cabins with Anthony Doerr, reading rituals of healing and joy. Megan Mayhew Bergman, author, Almost Famous Women
"""[The] book tells a collective story about more than just how to prepare food. It tells the story of what it sometimes means to be human: hungry, heartbroken and hopeful."" --Los Angeles Times ""The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook is far from anything traditional and that's exactly what makes it so inspiring. There are proper ingredients and measurement listings, yes, but more important are the imaginative, artful narratives conjured up around everyday foods."" --Vogue ""The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook, Natalie Eve Garrett's imaginative and beautiful new compilation, is a goldmine . . . It's one of the most exciting, poignant, and eclectic 'cookbooks' I've come across in a long time―maybe ever."" --MarthaStewart ""[The] recipes . . . are insightful and surprising―with stories that mix art-making, writing, and cooking. Each ingredient in a soup, color used in an illustration, and word modifying a sentence provides a trace of deep-seated emotional experience."" --The Guardian ""Perhaps because food is so inseparable from our creaturely existence, undergirding these culinary curations are reflections--sometimes rapturous, sometimes poignant, often redemptive, always deeply humane--on life's most inescapable commonalities: love, grief, growing up, the messy, unhandsome, absolutely beautiful journey of becoming who we are."" --Brainpickings ""This is no mere cookbook . . . [It contains] narratives as delightful to your literary palette as the recipes are to your culinary one."" --Nylon ""What we eat is emblematic of who we are, where we come from, and what matters most to us. This is the basic and delicious premise behind The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook."" --The Kitchn ""[A] new gem of a book. . . . What makes [it] especially endearing are the common themes that run through recipes, from happy and sad memories of childhood, to the comforts of home and family, to reflections on romance, heartbreak, grief, and even disaster."" --Artnet ""In this lovely new book, Garrett--herself an artist and writer--has collected stories and recipes from a quirky selection of dozens of writers and artists. The authors here have scavenged their pasts, their families, their relationships, and their personal tragedies. They give us stuff to eat, too."" --Epicurious ""Do you like eating? Do you like whimsical, beautifully-illustrated recipes written by your favorite novelists, cartoonists and other creative geniuses? Then The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook is for you."" --Lenny Letter ""A collection of juicy and impassioned stories with colorfully illustrated recipes."" --Rookie ""Readers [are] sure to appreciate the thoughtful curation of this most unusual cookbook."" --Publishers Weekly ""[The] book provides an enthralling look into the lives and creative processes--via the food they cook and consume--of everyone from Anthony Doerr and Joyce Carol Oates to Ed Ruscha and Marina Abramovic."" -- VICE / Munchies ""Taking its inspiration from a 1961 book of the same title, Garrett's collection is anything but a traditional cookbook. Instead, it's a gustatory diary . . . travers[ing] an emotional spectrum that uses the personal to consistently point outwards."" --Brooklyn Magazine ""Very rarely have I found writing so consistently charming, or a book so unwaveringly lovable! This is an instant classic that all of us, readers and eaters that we are, have no choice but to absolutely adore."" --Porochista Khakpour, author, The Last Illusion and Sons and Other Flammable Objects ""Proust knew what was what: Food is rarely just a meal, and memories are made over plates, in front of stoves, at tables, and, of course, in the mouth. This is a book of the best gustatory recollections--great writers and artists offering us their own personal madeleines. It's a delicious 76-course literary meal."" --Darin Strauss, author, Half a Life and Chang & Eng ""The joy of Natalie Eve Garrett's charming cookbook isn't just in the recipes, it's in the personal vignettes attached to each dish--altogether funny, heartbreaking, and redeeming--from some of our most beloved writers and artists. Inside, you'll find recipes to be recreated, but more importantly, stories to be treasured. This is a book that belongs on your kitchen shelf as well as on your bedside table."" --Kevin Pang, James Beard Award-winning food writer ""A who's-who of every artistic mind you're a fan of, all sharing deliciously intimate stories and even recipes, so you can literally ingest some of this book's brilliance."" --Michelle Tea, author, Black Wave and How to Grow Up ""This book is the most rewarding and nourishing of Venn diagrams: story and food. Trust me--you will never see more beautifully-crafted, heartbreaking, or provocative first sentences in recipes; this is a cookbook that was meant to be read. I never knew I wanted Padgett Powell's gumbo recipe, or to read Sharon Olds' early ideas about food--but I did. You will find yourself in the night kitchen with Leanne Shapton and remote cabins with Anthony Doerr, reading rituals of healing and joy."" --Megan Mayhew Bergman, author, Almost Famous Women and Birds of a Lesser Paradise ""The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook has the two best things: great writing and great food. In Natalie Eve Garrett's careful hands, neither one outshines or unbalances the other, and combined, they make for a smart, delicious, well-rounded book that you'll want to give to anyone who likes to read and eat or eat and read."" --Jessica Soffer, author, Tomorrow There Will be Apricots ""The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook gives the reader the distinctly wonderful feeling of hanging out in the kitchen with some of the most interesting people writing and creating art today. Even if you're not a cook, this gorgeous book is a joy--you'll want to read it cover to cover."" --Gabi Moskowitz, author, The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook, producer of ""Young & Hungry"" on Freeform AS SEEN IN: The New York Times, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Bon Appétit, Garden & Gun, Teen Vogue, Hyperallergic, Sweet Paul Magazine, Lucky Peach, HelloGiggles, BLOUIN ARTINFO, Marie Claire Italia, Edible Brooklyn, Edible Manhattan, Edible DC, Brit + Co, The New Food Economy, BravoTV.com, The Hairpin, Tasting Table, Literary Hub, VICE / The Creators Project, Southern Foodways, Open Culture, Artsy"
